Author: SK

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Tom is definetely leaving Markit. He told Samir today and the Luxoft guys. But we still don’t know who our manager is going to be. We’re going to have a meeting at 10AM tomorrow and maybe we’ll find out then, but I don’t know. I don’t know how this is going to play out. I hope it’s going to be acceptable to me. If not, after a few more months, I will have an incentive to leave.
I am also going to write a LinkedIn recommendation for Tom. I liked working with him. He is a good man. He was a very good manager, the best I’ve had.
Fabian is such a funny and happy boy. Though, he knows how to get nervous. He knows how to show when he’s not happy. He is not happy when I leave for work. He cries and he puts his head on the floor and he almost bangs it. It’s funny, but he does that.
I love to play with him. He understands more and more every day. When I tell him to do something, he knows it. I don’t think he understands English yet, and that is something I’m going to work on. He also does not focus too much when I am reading books for him. This is something very important for me. I want him to develop a life-long reading habit. If I can do that, I will have achieved a lot.

Just like I suspected, my manager is leaving in 2 weeks. Tom gave notice today, and his last day will be next Friday. He is going to NY Life. Supposedly, it’s a good firm with a lot of technologists and with a very good evnvironment. It was a top-ten selection in a Westchester magazine. Good for Tom! He was the best manager I’ve had in my developer’s tenure, but our relationship lasted for only 6 months. 🙁
It will be interesting to find out what the company does now. They don’t really have anyone to substitite Tom with. It was only a team of 3, and Tom had the most experience; I am second with only six months of experience!
It does not look good. If they pick me as the manager, I will accept, but the team will struggle for a couple of months. If they choose somebody else, or an outsider, the team will struggle even more, I think. The only good solution would be to pull somebody that has already worked on the product, like Vadim or Vlad. Are they willing to do it? I don’t think so.
Maybe they’ll abandon the product all together? I doubt it, as it is still a money maker. In any case, whatever happens in the next couple of weeks or months will determine whether I will stick around for some more or will have to find a new job…

I need to eliminate my down time at work. There are times where I don’t have too much to do work wise and a question arisis? What should I do? What should I read? I need to have some clear goals on what I want to do.
In the morning, I usually read my development blogs. I have cut the number of them to only a small number. Only a few get updated every day. Thus, I only spend 10-20 minutes reading them. After that, when I don’t want to get back to work, what should I do?
There are other times when during the day, I don’t feel like working, or I don’t have anything work wise to do. What should I work on?
I should read books! I have access to some of the amazing book online through Safari. I should be reading them and bettering myself! That’s what I should do. I think I will.
In many places I worked for, I used to do a lot of reading. I read a lot of books. The environment here is not so easy or flexible in this regard. If I start reading, it would be very noticeable and I get interrupted. That’s why I should start reading online books here at Markit. I should be able to finish a few here. I think it would benefit me and also kill my down time. I don’t need any down time.
I am here working to get better as a developer and also to do all of the tasks I’m asked to do. That’s who I am.

My manager was away today. As a result, my day was filled with personal tasks. I did some research on my mutual funds. I have discovered that I should have sold Muhlenkamp a while ago. It is down a considerable amount. I can’t hold it and I want to sell it.I tried, but I found out that my account at Firstrade is not enabled for trading. I had to send my forms there. Hopefully it will get enabled soon.
I have several Mutual Funds that are actively managed. I don’t think they give me a lot in return. In fact, as the Muhlenkamp fund shows, I am losing a good deal just by holding on to this one fund. What’s the answer? I should move more into index funds. I have to. They provide better returns in the long run, and they also cost a lot less. It’s a no brainer. I still want to hold some of the Vanguard and some of the great international funds, but I do want to keep moving into the direction of less management and less fees. This holds true for all of my accounts.

Fabian is SO much fun. He understands a lot. It was funny yesterday when I told him to sit down. He did that and listened to while we were watching the Doggies’ book. It was funny. Though, he still cannot focus for a long time, he is getting more and more interested in books. I want him to fall in love with that. I would like to read books to him. He benefits and I benefit as well — my English improves!
Fabian actually wants to play with me! He cried today when I wanted to hand him over to my wife. I try to play a lot with him, I think he enjoys it. He seems to enjoy that.
He woke up at 6:30AM today; at 6 yesterday. That does not allow almost any time for me. I need the early hours just for myself so I can read and improve. I am reading some interesting reports on the Polish market. It is getting stronger and stronger. More and more workers are needed. The unemployment went down to a little below 10% recently. That is major news! Things have not been that good in a while. And I believe it’s just a beginning! Things should improve a great deal more, and a lot of more money is flowing in Poland’s direction. Through smart planning, I might be able to move to Poland before my planned 2015 date!

I am very happy. I am extremely happy. My wife and my beatiful son Fabian came home on Saturday! Fabian changed and grew so much! He developed a great deal! Actually, I cannot even believe how much he developed since the since weeks he had been away. What can I say? Wow!
He is much more interactive now. He shows with his finger what he wants. He makes sounds that make it clear that is what he wants. He understands when we talk to him. He actually responds to “give this to daddy.” Plus, he smiles a great deal. He is such a sweet boy! I love him so much. He woke up twice now and I was the only one sleeping with him. He did not cry. It took him a while to actually wake up, but he just went along and played with me. Unbelievable.
I cannot express how much I love Fabian. It’s a lot of fun to play with him now. I love it. I love coming home now. It was actually a tough day for me.
I read an intersting article today, I saved it under Better Student. This will be useful when my children will go to school, start college life. This is what I would like them to do.
Fabian likes the Doggie’s book, but I don’t think he likes it very much when I read to him yet. I would like to develop a love for reading. I think it’s a very valuable skill. I would love to read Pinocchio for him. I think he will start to get more interested soon.

My family is coming back! Finally! I just thought about it when I was my “stairs” excercise. I don’t know how I’m going to react. I just can’t imagine seeing my son and my wife. I just can’t. I might cry. I might lose control. I am just so anxious now. This is going to be a long wait. My son is coming home and I am very happy. Will Fabian recognize me? Will he want to play with me? I think so. I think he’s going to be more and more interesting. Why? Because he has grown up a lot. He is thinking more, knowing what he wants and he play by himself. I’ll be able to play with him even more, and read a story to him all the time. I want to develop a love for books in him. I want him to be a book lover. Once he does that, he can start growing more and more. I also want to be his friend. i want to stay connected with him at all times. This is the only way I want to do it. I did not have that when I was raise and I miss it a lot.

My current company is pretty cool. Over the past few weeks, we had beer during office hours. Things are not bad. The project I’m working on is not great, and it could be dying off, but things are not bad. I can’t complain. I might actually become a manager here. Is that bad? I don’t think so. Plus, I don’t think the project is going away in at least 2 years. We’ll see, maybe I’m wrong.
Right after work, I’m going to work with Bernie for an hour or two. I would like to be home at around 9PM. We’ll see what time I’ll actually get home. It’s funny, but Bernie started paying me more lately. Why? I think it’s because I started working for Henry! That’s a good thing. I was there for only 2 hours on Saturday and he gave me $100. I have to go today, but still, that’s considerable more than usual.
My family is coming home on Satruday! Oh, yeah!!!! I can’t wait.