Blackmoor Vituperative

Today was my first day at Circuit City, where I’m a programmer/analyst. This is the second-highest paying job I have ever had, but the highest was a short-term gig, so this is really the highest paying relatively permanent job I have ever had. It’s also the first time in roughly eight years that I have been an employee of the company where I am working. I had been doing the contracting thing for a long time. There are benefits to contracting work, but I am really glad to have a regular job again, somewhere I can (hopefully) work for years and year and feel like I am actually invested in how the company does.

And here’s a real first: no time card, no time sheets, nothing like that of any kind. This is the first time ever that I do not have to report my arrivals and departures, or at least my billable hours, to someone. As long as I meet my deliverables and attend the meetings I am supposed to attend, no one is looking over my shoulder to make sure I am warming a chair at exactly 08:30 and 16:30. Now that’s cool.

Today went really well. If it’s within my power, it will stay going really well for the next 25 years or so. 🙂