An abbreviated timeline of the last year of my life:
For a view of my mental state after a year of scrapping for work,
consider a dream I had the night after I got the news. In my dream,
the offer was generous---at the top of my expected salary range. But
there was a catch: I would be paid entirely with sugar. I mean they
would ship bags of sugar to my house. As I considered the offer in
my dreams, it occurred to me that I could use one bag for consuming,
but I'd need to find a way to sell the rest.
Congratulations, Jon! I don’t subscribe to Meta Jon, but on seeing this post, I read your “Jubilee” thoughts. Reminded me of my “Jubilee” year (almost 20 years ago now), which came with some unexpected twists and turns.
And reading this post put me in mind of Psalm 30:5 which (perhaps?) has special meaning in your home, depending on the translation you use. :) Trust you’ll have a blessed year ahead!
Congratulations, Jon! I’m glad you don’t have to monetize tons of sugar (and deal with zoning laws).
What is the current state of OpenSSL communities? I assume you won’t be starting from scratch and that you won’t merely be maintaining existing strong communities, and that the reality is somewhere between those. Just curious, if you’re allowed to say.
I had to look it up, but yes it does have more meaning for us. We’re not quite done with the weeping over what we lost this past year, but 2025 promises to be blessed in a very different way than 2024. One consolidation: this job didn’t exist until the end of this year. If I hadn’t been rejected so often, I wouldn’t have applied or been interested in interviewing.
