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Citizen Pyesetz
Mar. 5th, 2014 11:37 amI got only 100% on my citizenship test (because there are no extra-credit questions). Now I have to wait 1-3 months for the oath-ceremony.
This was a long time ago. And this was even longer ago.
Now if only I had a Canadian job! Recently I went to a seminar on SR&ED. Half the attendees were CEOs at local startups. I was the only job-seeker. After the seminar, one of the CEOs gave me a job interview. A few days later I went for an interview with that company's chief engineer, who is a hard-ass about deadlines. I thought, "I do not have the health-points for this job". They wanted device drivers to connect Bluetooth and Wi-Fi to an ARM development board. I could probably do the work, but I'm just not enthused about working on that team, for no pay, and maybe a share of the booty in six months when the venture-capitalist vultures show up.
Maybe I should be looking for a later-stage startup that already has some VC funding and won't remind me quite so much of working on a pirate ship.
This was a long time ago. And this was even longer ago.
Now if only I had a Canadian job! Recently I went to a seminar on SR&ED. Half the attendees were CEOs at local startups. I was the only job-seeker. After the seminar, one of the CEOs gave me a job interview. A few days later I went for an interview with that company's chief engineer, who is a hard-ass about deadlines. I thought, "I do not have the health-points for this job". They wanted device drivers to connect Bluetooth and Wi-Fi to an ARM development board. I could probably do the work, but I'm just not enthused about working on that team, for no pay, and maybe a share of the booty in six months when the venture-capitalist vultures show up.
Maybe I should be looking for a later-stage startup that already has some VC funding and won't remind me quite so much of working on a pirate ship.
