A trip to Belgium
So I just had my first week of work at my new company, Advanced Medical Diagnostics. I flew up to Brussels early Monday morning, and came home Friday night. I was lucky that there was a training on use of the HistoScanning device Monday, and then a great dinner at a local restaurant that night which gave me more insight into the company.
In between asking lots of questions to set up my machines, get passwords, etc., I even managed to help out with some .NET memory management questions and SOS/Windbg debugging. Maybe one of the bigger accomplishments of the week was refreshing my brain on the whole gamut of minutiae involved in that work from the CLR days. It's cool to be a customer of .NET technology now!
The weather in Belgium was amazing. The office is in Waterloo, a suburb of Brussels and the site of Napoleon's famous defeat 200 years ago. I went for a jog one evening, cutting across fields just outside of town on bike trails. The land slopes gently at times. There was a great sunset, surprisingly late. I couldn't be sure, but it looked like clouds were coming back in as I left Friday night, after 5 days of blue skies.
The people at the company are really friendly folks too, I'm looking forward to getting to know them. Oh yeah, Wolfgang and I went to a climbing gym Thursday night. The grades were French, so I didn't really know what I was climbing. The hardest were a couple of 6a climbs. Enjoyed lots of great food too: an Ethiopian food place and an Indian food restaurant in Wolfgang's neighborhood were the best. Wolfgang also took me on an evening tour of the city, including the famous Manneken Pis. I bought some chocolate, but not the best...too sweet.
This next week will be working from home. I've already got a handful of projects, but so much more to learn too.
Next time: gotta try Belgian Waffles!
In between asking lots of questions to set up my machines, get passwords, etc., I even managed to help out with some .NET memory management questions and SOS/Windbg debugging. Maybe one of the bigger accomplishments of the week was refreshing my brain on the whole gamut of minutiae involved in that work from the CLR days. It's cool to be a customer of .NET technology now!
The weather in Belgium was amazing. The office is in Waterloo, a suburb of Brussels and the site of Napoleon's famous defeat 200 years ago. I went for a jog one evening, cutting across fields just outside of town on bike trails. The land slopes gently at times. There was a great sunset, surprisingly late. I couldn't be sure, but it looked like clouds were coming back in as I left Friday night, after 5 days of blue skies.
The people at the company are really friendly folks too, I'm looking forward to getting to know them. Oh yeah, Wolfgang and I went to a climbing gym Thursday night. The grades were French, so I didn't really know what I was climbing. The hardest were a couple of 6a climbs. Enjoyed lots of great food too: an Ethiopian food place and an Indian food restaurant in Wolfgang's neighborhood were the best. Wolfgang also took me on an evening tour of the city, including the famous Manneken Pis. I bought some chocolate, but not the best...too sweet.
This next week will be working from home. I've already got a handful of projects, but so much more to learn too.
Next time: gotta try Belgian Waffles!
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