Have you noticed an uptick in the frequency of my blog posts over the past week? Well, there’s a good reason for that: I am not employed at the moment. Note: I’m not unemployed; I just don’t have any place to be until I start my new job on the 17th.

I originally gave my two weeks notice on February 29th. Everything went according to plan until March 6th, when Esurance decided to buy out the remainder of my two weeks and sent me home. It was nothing bad; on the contrary, we parted on very good terms. Rather, it was a corporate procedure they had to follow for reasons that are far too boring to recount here.

So, thanks, Esurance. I learned a lot, and I met and worked with many fantastic people. You will all be missed.

As for the new job, I’ve accepted a position as a senior software engineer at a company called DirectApps in Roseville. What’s really appealing about them is that they’re still a small company, yet there are multiple interesting projects under development at any one time. Plus, I’ll get to work with the latest technology bits, something I haven’t done since I worked at a startup back in 2005. Buh-bye 2003; hello 2008.

It’s always a strange feeling to start at a new company, but if you don’t step outside of your comfort zone every once in a while, you’ll miss out on some golden opportunities.

So what have I been doing with my newfound free time? On Sunday, we took T-man to San Francisco (more on that in a later post). Also, the little bastard gave me pinkeye, so I’ve been dropping sulfuric acid sulfacetamide sodium into my eyeballs 4 times a day. Don’t worry, I’m no longer contagious; these drops are that good. So, besides visiting SF and fighting the good fight for my peepers, I have been working on two side projects that I am trying to wrap up. Nerdery FTW!