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#+TITLE: Daypage Journal

* Wednesday, 5/15/2019
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| Wednesday, 5/15/2019 | 10:10   |       |
| \_  Tasks [12/12]    |         | 10:10 |
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** Tasks [12/12]
*** DONE Set tasks for the day :@personal:daily:
CLOSED: [2019-05-15 Wed 09:12]
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CLOCK: [2019-05-15 Wed 09:10]--[2019-05-15 Wed 09:12] =>  0:02
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*** DONE Selectboard meeting :@town:sboard:meeting:
CLOSED: [2019-05-15 Wed 09:34]
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CLOCK: [2019-05-15 Wed 09:10]--[2019-05-15 Wed 09:34] =>  0:24
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*** DONE Second interview with Shawn Blodgett :@town:townmgr:
CLOSED: [2019-05-15 Wed 14:15]
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CLOCK: [2019-05-15 Wed 09:35]--[2019-05-15 Wed 11:00] =>  1:25
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LINK: [[file:town.org::*Second%20Interview%20with%20Shawn%20Blodgett][Second Interview with Shawn Blodgett]]
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*** DONE Setup kids with Minecraft :@family:kids:minecraft:
CLOSED: [2019-05-15 Wed 14:15]
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CLOCK: [2019-05-15 Wed 11:10]--[2019-05-15 Wed 11:45] =>  0:00
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*** DONE Hang up laundry :@home:chore:laundry:
CLOSED: [2019-05-15 Wed 14:16]
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CLOCK: [2019-05-15 Wed 11:45]--[2019-05-15 Wed 12:20] =>  0:35
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*** DONE Lunch with the kiddos :@family:kids:meal:lunch:
CLOSED: [2019-05-15 Wed 14:16]
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CLOCK: [2019-05-15 Wed 13:16]--[2019-05-15 Wed 13:40] =>  0:00
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*** DONE Move computers around the basement :@home:basement:
CLOSED: [2019-05-15 Wed 14:17]
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CLOCK: [2019-05-15 Wed 13:40]--[2019-05-15 Wed 14:17] =>  0:37
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*** DONE Prep for interview with Thorn :@personal:jobsearch:interviewprep:
CLOSED: [2019-05-15 Wed 15:55]
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CLOCK: [2019-05-15 Wed 14:17]--[2019-05-15 Wed 15:55] =>  1:38
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+ Engineering Philosophy interview
*** DONE First Interview with Kevin at Thorn :@personal:interviews:jobsearch:
CLOSED: [2019-05-16 Thu 01:18] SCHEDULED: <2019-05-15 Wed 16:00-16:45>
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CLOCK: [2019-05-15 Wed 15:56]--[2019-05-15 Wed 16:41] =>  0:45
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https://thorn.zoom.us/j/598748088
**** A little about myself

+ Been working full-time as a REMOTE developer for 8+ years
+ Started out in newspapers, actively contributing to open source
+ Used django because it started as a newsroom tool, quick CMS, custom content
  types, fast turn around building templates
+ Spent 4+ years supporting a custom CMS and building websites and plugins with django-CMS
+ Built a number of custom donation forms for non-profits that included some
  crazy payment processors (PayPal Pro ... sigh)
+ More than anything, I like challenging myself to learn new things
+ Built out a React front-end for a data import tool at my last job, had
  responsibliity to build backend and frontend and that was fun
+ Not totally sold on the React model, a little heavy for most things, like
  Preact and projects like that that use the same data model but with fewer
  toolchain requirements
+ Started out with a fully distributed company, spent the last 2.5 years with
  remote-friendly startups
+ Takes time to build remote culture, not everyone is built for it, and not every
  company understands what the tradeoffs are
+ Written communication has to be superb in remote engineering teams
+ I find email is good for whole team communication, Zulip/Slack better for
  one-on-one or small teams
+ Salary expectations around 100k, but I'm flexible at this point
+ Adopted two kids from Massachusetts
+ Originally from Chicago, but spent last deacde in Maine
+ Four kids, ages 1 to 8 on a small farm by the ocean
+ We raise goats, sheep, chickens, ducks and turkeys
**** Questions

+ Curious about what the engineering culture is like
+ 36-37 folks, looking to hire 5 engineers
+ How are strategies developed?
+ How does a bug or feature become a ticket?
+ What development tools are used?
*** DONE Dinner at Jimmy's
CLOSED: [2019-05-15 Wed 19:49]
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CLOCK: [2019-05-15 Wed 16:41]--[2019-05-15 Wed 19:49] =>  3:08
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*** DONE Bedtime for kiddos :@family:kids:bedtime:
CLOSED: [2019-05-15 Wed 23:53]
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CLOCK: [2019-05-15 Wed 20:10]--[2019-05-15 Wed 20:43] =>  0:33
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*** DONE Write in daily journal :@personal:habit:journal:
CLOSED: [2019-05-15 Wed 23:58]
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CLOCK: [2019-05-15 Wed 23:54]--[2019-05-15 Wed 23:58] =>  0:04
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** Journal
Had a nice interview with Kevin from Thorn today. I still am suffering from
serious imposter symdrome. But I think I can counter it by doing some coding
exercises leading up to my next interview with them, if I get one. Their mission
is fantastic, and I really like the idea of working for a not-for-profit running
like a startup. It's a job that I don't have to preface with, "well, it's just a
job" to many people.

We also had our second interview with Shawn Blodgett today, and he's really
excited to come to Castine. We made him an offer and will be following up either
tomorrow or Friday to see if takes the offer. All very exiciting.

Now to start thinking about actually working with him. I also got some really
nice feedback from folks about the meet-and-greet I held at the library. A
number of folks really appreciated the opportunity to meet him.

I've been avoiding hitting folks up in RAB slack about being laid off and
looking to move to management, and now I've got my next mentorship meeting with
Cris tomorrow. Not sure how that's going to go. I've got my self in quite a hole
regarding engineering and my career right now. I do always feel better after
talking to Cris, so that's probably a good thing.