New Oppertunities...

I've been with Airgo Networks for two years. I went there from Cisco Systems, and had a pretty good time. I had a chance to do a lot of fun work, including the chance to build my own automation test harness, my own test tracking system, and I got the chance to help design parts of the manufacturing process for Airgo's products. In my time at Airgo I got to start the test team, and act as a lead for that team. I had the unique opportunity of hiring my own manager, and I met a lot of great people. I worked with a passionate and intelligent group of folks who taught me quite a bit. Airgo also had it's share of long nights, and weekends. Ultimately I got burned out with all of the time I was spending in the office. I needed a change of scenery, and a new position to stretch my skills. I was starting to feel like my skills were stagnating at Airgo, and that told me it was time for a new challenge. I was the companies expert on several technologies, and so my traditional role of a learner, changed to that of a mentor and teacher. I found that aspect of my work to be highly satisfying. I loved having the chance to help people learn a new technology. That experience helped me to decide to move my career along. To that end I've started a new job with a new company. I'm new the QA Lead Engineer at FireTide. This new position will give me the opportunity to start and lead a test team. I'll get the opportunity to write a new automation test harness, and the chance to work with new people and learn new technologies. One of the benefits of this new job is that they have an office in Honolulu, Hi and an office in Los Gatos, Ca. I'll be mainly working out of Los Gatos, but on Monday I'll be heading out to the Hawaii office for a week. I guess if I have to do business travel Honolulu is a good place to do it. I'm not expecting a vacation, of course, but it will be nice to go someplace warm for a week and maybe get a little sun in the mornings or afternoons. I'm also excited about this new job because I'm getting a chance to work with several people I have worked with before. So all in all, I'm pretty excited. I'll be posting some pictures from my travels next week, so keep an eye on the gallery and the moblog for those. Aloha, Allen