Braindumps

I just got home.  No, I didn't go somewhere else in between.  I was going to go shopping so I could buy corn starch so I could make turkey gravy and heat up sliced turkey in the gravy and pour it all over mashed potatoes, but all I want to do now is crawl up into a ball and go to sleep.  But I can't.  I have to get dressed into "street" clothes and go pick up the girls for dinner.  And drink lots and lots of water.  Y'all know I can talk, but this goes beyond that.  Oy. . .

On the plus side, after lunch (yes, they bought me lunch!), I spoke with the actual manager and he made it clear he thought, based on prelim stuff, that he wanted me to meet with the rest of the team.  I really thought he was joking when he told the guy who was coordinating the whole thing, "So, you have Erik booked for the whole afternoon, right?  Erik, I hope you like talking about yourself."

At any rate, this job looks interesting, an entry point into cell phones without having to come in at the entry level, and Agere wasn't the worst place to work for in the past, and if I get an offer, I won't be the first new old guy on the team who's never done anything they're going to be doing.  3 of the people I interviewed with started within the last month and their backgrounds had nothing to do with cell phones, the processor that Agere is using in their chipsets, or necessarily DSP programming.  One guy was 5 years (!) out of the work force after getting laid off and becoming a stay-at-home dad.  So far, my best prospect yet!  Fingers are crossed, people. . . ;-)