Monthly Archives: May 2013

Kids are done with school already

Well, the kids were done with school yesterday.  It’s official now.  We have two in high school.  A senior and a freshman and another in college.  We are really getting old.

I’ve now been working at Ohio State University for three weeks and I am still enjoying it. The work keeps me busy and so far the demands have been very reasonable.

I finally got my motorcycle in the shop earlier this week to get an oil leak resolved and I picked it up today. I am ready for the riding season now and maybe my next post will include some information about a ride.

First Week at Ohio State

I completed my first week of work at the Ohio State University. It’s a very large organization and the group I work for, The Office of the Chief Information Officer, is a large group. I spent the first couple of days being introduced to team members and attempting to set up my PC with all the required development software required for me to do my job. By mid afternoon Wednesday I was able to log on to a database and log on to the development environment. I was given my first project Tuesday to get started once I thought I had everything in place. It was a simple project just to make sure I had proper access to everything I needed, which we ended up having to adjust my access. That first project also helps to start learning the Development Processes used at Ohio State. I was able to complete the project and started testing Friday, but access held me up from completing my testing on Friday. I have also been assigned a larger project already and I look forward to getting back to work on Monday and having work lined up for me. The last half of the week went by a lot quicker as I had project work to keep me busy throughout the day.

The team seems to be a good group of people and my mentor for learning the processes at Ohio State, Jason Richards, has been very helpful during this transition process.

New Chapter in my life

It’s official now. I have accepted a position at the Ohio State University as a PeopleSoft Programmer/Analyst Sr.. I know this will be a shock to anyone that knows me. I have always been a Michigan State and Michigan sports fan, but I don’t think that has to change. I can a fan of the university and not their sports. Anyway, I am excited to start work for OSU and help the university with their visions and projects as well as helping them resolve day to day issues. Since I have a daughter that is attending their Pharmacy program there, we will both be able to enjoy the benefits of reduced tuition starting her next semester.

The people that I have meet in the interview appear to be upstanding individuals and I look forward to meeting them all on a more personal level and making a new set of friends. I will always cherish the friends that I have made at Longaberger and I will remain in contact with my extended Longaberger family.