Today, I joined the team at analyticsMD, a healthcare tech startup in Mountain View, CA.
We are using predictive analytics to optimize hospital operations, an area that sorely needs it.
I’m employee #7, so the work environment will be drastically different from my previous job at Epic, but they’re a welcoming bunch :)
Time to bootstrap, make things happen, and help us grow.
I am so very excited to build something great.
Not going to lie, it’s been nice being unemployed for these past couple months.
I’ve been taking advantage of cable TV, but also had the chance to put some time into other pursuits, such as learning about life and health insurance (I’m licensed now!) and about buying and renovating an investment property.
But it’s time to get back at it.
After a bunch of job applications, screening calls, and interviews, I’ll be starting a new job when I get back from a vacation in Hawaii.
I’ve been back in the Bay Area for just over a week now, and there’s definitely been a readjustment period.
Two quick examples:
- Last week, I was walking around the Mission district at night and didn’t really feel comfortable. There was a homeless woman digging through the trash, street vendors selling dirty dogs, and lots of people.
- This past weekend, I saw a homeless guy pull down his pants on the sidewalk and squat, very likely to poop. I didn’t stay to confirm.
There’s certainly a homeless community in Madison as well, but nothing like this.
Stanley, you’re not in Wisconsin anymore.
After living in the Midwest for the past three and half years, I knew there was going to be change. But I didn’t expect it to hit me right in the face, loud and clear.
Also, the bars are packed and the drinks are expensive…
The diversity’s nice though.
Just got home from a nice, long Madison-to-San Mateo road trip home with my brother.
It was quite the adventure and I’m glad life circumstances sorted themselves out to push me towards this trip.
By the numbers:
- Spanned 10 days/9 nights
- Spent 5 nights tent camping, 1 night tipi camping, 2 nights hotel, 1 night airbnb room
- Explored and camped at 4 national parks:
- Theodore Roosevelt NP
- Badlands NP
- Yellowstone NP
- Grand Teton NP
- Saw some other notable sites:
- Mount Rushmore
- Crazy Horse Memorial
- Craters of the Moon
- Bought 1 “America the Beautiful” National Parks annual pass – come visit more parks with me for free!
- Drove around 3,600 miles
- Included 9 states (Wisconsin, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, Wyoming, Idaho, Oregon, California) – now up to 42 on my state count
- Cost $1,400, and that’s accounting for gas for a full carload with all of my belongings.
I’ll be writing up details on each day, but to sum up the trip, our national parks are absolutely beautiful.
I tried to take a lot of pictures, but there were so many more sights and sounds you had to be there for. If you ever get the opportunity to tour the country, do it!
In the home stretch! We drove from Bend back home to San Mateo this day.
The driving was pretty boring through the middle of California, but we did stop at In-N-Out for lunch, which was just as amazing as I had remembered.
Hit some traffic, but it was a relief to finally get home. What a trip it’s been!
Unwinded with a family dinner at grandma’s and then settled in back home.
Now, to clean up this dirty car…
