Unemployed Again

NOHOME wrote: On the one extreme you have people who are doing incredibly innovative things and driving/dragging and kicking the supporting technology to new levels. On the other extreme you have the stultifying environment of regulation and compliance. Then again, this might be your cup of tea; someone has to do it.

As a twelve year veteran in the medical device industry, I think you really nailed it.

It’s true our industry is heavily constrained by regulatory compliance requirements but that’s exactly how it should be…it’s fine to test hunches on your Megasquirt system…not so much when you’ve got some little girl’s dad pealed open on an operating table (perhaps I should move this post to the “dealing with anxiety” thread).

I grew up loving to play with Lego’s (not the E36 M3’y new ones where you just follow the instructions but the old school random pile of cubes and rectangles and stuff). Those old school Lego’s were heavily constrained as well…all integers, all ninety degree angles, all unidirectional, etc. and yet, infinite combinations of elegant and sophisticated forms could be made with them.

The medical device industry works the same way…lots of constraints but endless opportunities still abound.

I’m very happy doing what I do…save lives, get paid good, and everyone I work with is really smart in at least one way.

RX Reven' wrote:

NOHOME wrote: On the one extreme you have people who are doing incredibly innovative things and driving/dragging and kicking the supporting technology to new levels. On the other extreme you have the stultifying environment of regulation and compliance. Then again, this might be your cup of tea; someone has to do it.

I grew up loving to play with Lego’s (not the E36 M3’y new ones where you just follow the instructions but the old school random pile of cubes and rectangles and stuff). Those old school Lego’s were heavily constrained as well…all integers, all ninety degree angles, all unidirectional, etc. and yet, infinite combinations of elegant and sophisticated forms could be made with them.

New Legos are a lot more varied than the old ones and the number of suspiciously specific specialty parts does seem to be increasing over time, but the instruction books are only a suggestion and I mostly used them just once, and soon those parts would be added to the pile for building random things with. The increase in "resolution" over old lego felt like a huge improvement!

“suspiciously specific”…that’s Pulitzer prize winning journalism right there.

Obviously the instructions don’t have to be followed and the increased resolution is a clear improvement but they still annoyed me for an, until now, unknown reason.

Yep, what I don’t like is their “suspiciously specific” nature…how far do we take it, what awaits us at the bottom of the slippery slope.

Fun fact of the day…Lego is Danish for “play well”

Good luck, BB. We're all pulling for you.

Brett_Murphy wrote: Good luck, BB. We're all pulling for you.

Can’t you see we’re talking about Lego’s!!!

I'm sorry for taking us off topic, thanks for pulling it back Brett.

I have something very promising in the works. Can't elaborate because NDA.

In reply to Beer Baron:

Fingers crossed. Hope it works out. Congrats.

Well... things are moving along. I've had multiple people reach out to me already. I'm not even having to make applications. Just started some part time work at a local brewery today.

They're totally cool with me working just part time for a while as I wait to see if my Plan A is going to pan out, and they're open to me just being there temporary and then bouncing or open to giving me a full-time job in a couple months if the relationship is good.

So... I have two sources of modest income plus the free time to play around and take part in meetings for the other venture I'm working with some folks to hopefully get started.

Guess you did not see my post?

https://grassrootsmotorsports.com/forum/off-topic-discussion/paging-beer-baron-job-content/120472/page1/

In reply to Sine_Qua_Non:

Smithsonian hasn't tried to head hunt me yet.

Can you say where you are working now?

JohnRW1621 wrote: Here's a Columbus based answer. Just a thought on a whim. What about approaching a local, successful restaurant owner like Cameron Mitchell and letting him know your of your Brewster capabilities along with your availability. I envision this possibly being a marriage where he might want to get into the BrewPub business but lacks the competent brew capabilities though he has the pub capabilities in spades.

Best of luck to ya. Sounds like thinks have stabilized nicely.

Here's to hoping the new gig is some sort of variation on the advice above that I gave on Page 2.

Rusted_Busted_Spit wrote: Can you say where you are working now?

The part time (temporary?) work is at Commonhouse Ales. Same owners as Smokehouse.

I think the smokehouse owners are good people.