Quitting IBM

Posted on September 15, 2006

I resigned from IBM on Tuesday, September 12th to work at a startup-company in downtown Austin. I’ve gone from working on microprocessors to writing social networking software. Social networking software runs on a microprocessor. It’s not that different when you think about it. PHP is interpreted by a C program which was interpreted by a compiler to run on a microprocessor. So, it’s all the same. I’m just a machine that turns coffee into code. Caffeine is programming fuel. Step back away from the Sun Type-6 keyboard kids and let the old man have a go. Ah, that’s nice. Now where did I put my copy of K&R?

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  1. Damon Clinkscales Sat, 16 Sep 2006 06:56:32 MDT

    Congrats Tony! Enjoy the ride. For as it is written, we only go round this merry-go-round once.

  2. Ali Sun, 17 Sep 2006 09:10:06 MDT

    There was really nothing left for you there after Jerome was gone.

  3. Rob B. Sun, 17 Sep 2006 20:59:28 MDT

    Tony,
    You are my hero.
    Sincerely,
    Robert Ball

  4. jtax Tue, 19 Sep 2006 09:33:34 MDT

    Hey that was the position i was applying for!!! :) Congrats Tony, it was funny seeing you there last monday.

  5. sobel Tue, 19 Sep 2006 09:36:10 MDT

    What a coincidence. I am starting a social networking site as a piece of a bigger project at my new job.

    PS: I took your copy of K&R and replaced it with the Bjarne book and a lollypop.

  6. Manton Reece Tue, 19 Sep 2006 22:14:37 MDT

    Wow, congratulations. Looking forward to hearing about what Small World Labs is up to. Good luck!

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