Hi Owen There's a few of us rubyists who hang out at Inspire9 - you're welcome to drop by generally if you need a desk, but also I'm happy to have a chat over a beverage of some description at some point while you're in town as well. Feel free to get in touch off-list to line something up when you've got some idea of what day/time would suit.
Cheers -- Pat e: [email protected] || m: +614 1327 3337 w: http://freelancing-gods.com || t: twitter.com/pat bounce: http://trampolineday.com || skype: patallan On 17/04/2012, at 3:11 PM, Owen B. Mehegan wrote: > Hi guys, I thought I had posted to introduce myself at some point in the > past, but searching seems to indicate that I didn't! I guess I've been > lurking for a couple of months then. > > I'm an American rubyist, based in San Francisco currently, and married to a > lovely Melbournian woman. We're working on a plan to relocate permanently to > Melbourne within the next 2 years. For her, as an accountant (pretty > worldwide skill set) who worked for a Big 3 firm in Australia and then the US > for a number of years, she has the contacts, experience and knowledge of her > industry to be able to job hunt effectively when we go back. Me? Not so much. > We'll be in Melbourne for a wedding from May 4 - 16 (exclusive of the 11-14 > weekend), and I was hoping to get a chance to meet some folks from the ruby > community there over drinks. I told my wife I wanted to "chat up" some people > and she told me that's grounds for divorce, so I guess that's not the term I > want - hah! > > It appears that I'm going to miss the official April meetup by a few days, > but if anyone would be up for a couple of beers, maybe after work one night, > I'm happy to meet wherever might be convenient around the city. The wife's > family is in Keilor East and we'll be staying there but will have a car. I'm > just interested in getting a feel for what the tech industry is like in > Melbourne, where I might be able to put my skills to use, and what I can do > to make myself more marketable before I get there. > > A bit more about me: 31 years old, lived in San Francisco for the last six > and a half, originally from Boston before that. My career arc has gone from > IT guy to Linux sysadmin to QA guy to, for the last few years, QA > automation/frameworks/deployment/infrastructure/internal tools/kitchen sink > guy. People sometimes say that Perl is a glue language; I've come to think of > myself as a glue engineer. I usually get hired to do one main thing, and then > I start picking up other little jobs, improving or replacing pieces of > infrastructure and whipping up time-saving tools. I'm usually a team of one, > and I always look for jobs where I can learn from a group of talented > engineers with skills on a level above mine. It's been a fun ride over the > last few years here in the Mecca of technology, I'll be sad to leave, but > Melbourne is a hell of a city judging from my four visits so far. I'm looking > forward to it. > > So if anyone's interested in getting together, by all means let me know. And > hey, if you've been thinking about checking out the scene in San Francisco, > I'd be happy to trade my knowledge for yours : ) Thanks in advance... > > -- > [email protected] (Owen B. Mehegan) > 'I spent a lot of money on booze, birds and fast cars. The rest I just > squandered.' > --George Best > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Ruby or Rails Oceania" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rails-oceania?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby or Rails Oceania" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rails-oceania?hl=en.
