View from ThoughtWorks Chicago office
Vox Hunt: Show and Tell
Show us a picture of where you'd like to live and tell us why you want to live there.
Submitted by Warhead.
These reasons will probably seem lame to most people but not to Eiron and me, and that's what matter in the end:
- Great architecture
- Green, sustainable architecture
- Milleninum Park
- This American Life
- Chicago Bull (I know they suck now, but MJ was there)
- Argo Tea
- Apple Store
- Direct Virgin Atlantic flights to London
Chicago
Apparently eiron has been too busy to blog about our trip to Chicago (which is true) so I'll just post the link to the Flickr photo set. You can enjoy the photos while waiting patiently for eiron's post.
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Dream job?
All the talks about moving to Chicago have really been just that so far, talks. Eiron and I discussed a fair amount about it but we decided (rather I am) to be sensible and won't make any decision until we pay the city a visit during my birthday weekend in December. If we like the city and can tolerate the cold, bitter winter than we will start planning our move next year. If not, we stay put and find another city to move to.
But it is increasingly difficult not to think about moving there now because of job like this one. An Agile/TDD/.Net software shop looking for senior software engineer to work with actual web site/products and machines? Products that I can point people (such as my parents) to and say, "This is what I do." I haven't been able to do that since my first job out of college. I think some of my code still lives on in China and Thailand. Just be careful when you take the light rail/train in Canton or Bangkok…
Lost in Colonisation 