Sean Gillies (Posts about work)https://sgillies.net/tags/work.atom2024-02-04T23:44:41ZSean GilliesNikolaStation identificationhttps://sgillies.net/2024/01/02/station-identification.html2024-01-02T09:55:51-07:002024-01-02T09:55:51-07:00Sean Gillies<p>Hi, my name is Sean Gillies, and this is my blog. Blog is short for "web log".
I write about running, cooking and eating, travel, family, programming, Python,
API design, geography, geographic data formats and protocols, open source, and
internet standards. Mostly running and local geography. I live in Fort Collins,
Colorado, and sometimes in Montpellier, France. I work at TileDB, which sells
a high performance multimodal database as a service. I appreciate emailed
comments on my posts. You can find my address in the "about" page linked at the
top of this page. Happy New Year!</p>Status updatehttps://sgillies.net/2023/11/19/status-update.html2023-11-19T17:41:55-07:002023-11-19T17:41:55-07:00Sean Gillies<p>Finally, I have a professional update. I started work at <a class="reference external" href="https://tiledb.com">TileDB</a> on Wednesday. I'll be working from Fort Collins
alongside colleagues around the world. I know a slice of TileDB's market,
dense multi-dimensional arrays like earth observation data, well, but have
a lot to learn about genetic data, embeddings, and storing graphs in adjacency matrices.
I expect this to be both challenging and fun. I'll post more about it once I'm
settled in.</p>
<p>I'll be resuming work on open source projects, which I've paused while job
hunting, soon!</p>Laid offhttps://sgillies.net/2023/08/04/laid-off.html2023-08-04T10:35:10-06:002023-08-04T10:35:10-06:00Sean Gillies<p>My position evaporated on Monday, one of many layoffs at my job. This is
a first for me. If you've got advice, I'm all ears. If you're a former
coworker and looking for help finding a new job, hit me up. I'm good at
reviewing resumes and enjoy telling hiring managers good things about good
people.</p>
<p>I'm fortunate to be in a good position right now. My family is healthy, we are
insured through Ruth's position at CSU, and have some savings. This is not the
case for everyone who gets laid off, I know.</p>
<p>Am I going to let this derail my attempt to finish a 100 miler in September? No
way. Looking for work will take time, and I'm picking up more family duties,
but it looks like I'll also have more free time to spend on the trail this
summer.</p>Statushttps://sgillies.net/2023/02/08/status.html2023-02-08T19:50:33-07:002023-02-08T19:50:33-07:00Sean Gillies<p>I turned out to be only a spare juror yesterday and was released, my duty done
for the year.</p>
<p>Honestly, I think a trial by jury of your peers is a great idea, but also the
whole process is run by people very invested in the status quo and who use
a good amount of propaganda to keep us all feeling good about participating.</p>Statushttps://sgillies.net/2023/02/06/status.html2023-02-06T20:37:46-07:002023-02-06T20:37:46-07:00Sean Gillies<p>I have to go to the courthouse first thing in the morning for jury duty. It
might last one day, or three, or who knows how many. I probably won't be able
to do any open source stuff for a few days. I'll be running and catching up on
family responsibilities outside of the courthouse until my service is over.</p>Station identificationhttps://sgillies.net/2023/01/01/station-identification.html2023-01-01T17:58:45-07:002023-01-01T17:58:45-07:00Sean Gillies<p>Hi, my name is Sean Gillies, and this is my blog. Blog is short for "web log".
I write about running, cooking and eating, travel, family, programming, Python,
API design, geographic data formats and protocols, open source, and internet
standards. Mostly running and local geography. I live in Fort Collins,
Colorado, and sometimes in Montpellier, France. I work at Planet Labs PBC.
I appreciate emailed comments on my posts. You can find my address in the
"about" page linked at the top of this page. Happy New Year!</p>Busyhttps://sgillies.net/2022/08/14/busy.html2022-08-14T14:45:54-06:002022-08-14T14:45:54-06:00Sean Gillies<p>I'm solo parenting next week while Ruth is traveling. Between work, running,
and the first week of school for the kids, I'm going to be busy. Apologies in
advance for delayed replies to emails and open source project issues.</p>Vacationhttps://sgillies.net/2022/08/03/vacation.html2022-08-03T11:44:15-06:002022-08-03T11:44:15-06:00Sean Gillies<p>I'm on vacation until Monday, August 8. I hope that you are, too. Apologies in
advance for slow response to emails, DMs, and GitHub mentions.</p>Modern broadbandhttps://sgillies.net/2022/07/23/modern-broadband.html2022-07-23T21:07:16-06:002022-07-23T21:07:16-06:00Sean Gillies<p>This week I became a <a class="reference external" href="https://fcconnexion.com/">Fort Collins municipal internet utility</a> customer. 1 Gbps up and down for $60 a month.</p>
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<p>Buh-bye coaxial cable</p>
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<p>I called the cable company on Tuesday to cancel and was told that they were going to
refund me $25 in the process of squaring up my account. Sweet! Then today I got an
email announcing my next month's bill. The cable company is terrible at their
business. I wonder how many times I will have to cancel my account before it
sticks?</p>
<p>This is a great upgrade. The house my family was renting in France got fiber in
2017. I'm just saying.</p>Station Identificationhttps://sgillies.net/2022/01/09/station-identification.html2022-01-09T21:33:37-07:002022-01-09T21:33:37-07:00Sean Gillies<p>Hi, my name is Sean Gillies, and this is my blog. Blog is short for "web log".
Individual posts to a web log are called "posts", not "blogs". I write about
running, cooking and eating, travel, family, programming, Python, API design,
geographic data formats and protocols, open source, and internet standards.
Mostly running and local geography. I live in Fort Collins, Colorado, and
sometimes in Montpellier, France. I work at Planet Labs PBC. I appreciate
emailed comments on my posts. You can find my address in the "about" page
linked at the top of this page. Happy New Year!</p>