Lost My Job. Learned Flex. Got a New Job and a Mac. Oh, and Happy Halloween!

I'm writing this from a new MacBook Pro! I never thought I'd work on a Mac...

It all started when the company I was working for lost investor funding. Thanks to the sour economy, my contract was not renewed and I was out of a job for about a week. No problem, though, had plenty of means to continue onward and upward.

So being out of a job for a week gave me a chance to, first, find a new one and, second, learn a little Flex. I built a simple online signature for one of my clients so that persons applying for jobs can sign their name using their mouse. It's a little awkward (signing your name with a mouse), but it works and they can use it to streamline the employment application process. You can check it out here.

Then I called a former boss to get a reference. Instead of a reference he wanted me to work for him as a General Manager of his new company STEDI, LLC. They are a new spinout from Utah State University specializing in substitute teacher training for school districts all over the country. I'm quite excited and am looking forward to the challenge! Especially learning ASP.NET. But I told them they would have to learn Flex and ColdFusion.

That's where this new MacBook Pro comes in. STEDI is a Mac shop (except for the one programmer that uses .NET) and while I had a choice to get a Mac or PC, you can thank my friends at the USU PAD Team for finally convincing me to get a Mac!

Now, how do I install programs on a Mac? I'll figure it out after I take my kids out to get stuffed with candy.