complich8’s journal

So, I’ve been at the new job for about a week.
The commute definitely sucks, but it’s a good chance to read. I finally finished Catcher in the Rye (the beginning was ok, the end was ok, the middle pretty much sucked, and I think it’s overall pretty overrated). Been reading Freakonomics the last [...]

Rosslyn’s escalator is insane. From wikipedia:
As the neighborhood is situated on a bluff overlooking the Potomac River, while the shared rail line into Washington passes through a rock-bored tunnel, Rosslyn station is quite deep—the deepest on the Orange and Blue Lines. Its platform lies some 97 vertical feet below street level (though its ceiling [...]

Back around the end of July, I interviewed with this company in DC, arranged by another DC-area company that they subcontract some things to. And they offered me a job, and I accepted and moved to the DC metro area, rooming with some friends from Purdue.
And I started to wait.
See, the job required a [...]