The Ten Year Meme
Ten years ago I was mostly not studying very hard at the Helsinki University of Technology. On a whim I decided to apply for a scholarship to CERN, and got granted one! So I spent a warm summer in Geneva, learning once and for all that education does not a smart person make, nor do brains make them nice. My mother turned 50, and I spent the party glued to a coin telephone in the empty main hall of CERN.
Five years ago I snuffed my academic career, having gotten tired of the university world, and switched my career plans from PhD to Java Consultant. This job took me later that year to Melbourne, Australia - a place which I still remember fondly as one of the great times of my life. The industry was in a slump, so I didn't have that many paying jobs, and ended up hanging around in the office most of the time. But it still was great.
Three years ago I had returned from Australia, switched jobs again (to my present position), separated from my girlfriend, and bought a new apartment. My career seemed to be going up, and I was really developing at go. But I had heard of this cool stuff called Wikis and weblogs, and I had started publishing with my own wiki engine...
One year ago I was busily arranging the Finnish Blog Awards, bringing me questionable fame, and dating someone who taught me a lot. I've not regretted it since, and I'm still proud to call her a friend. Also I had not released JSPWiki 2.2, despite many promises. My go career also went to a slump I haven't been able to recover from.
This year I have been working hard, as usual. I've lost a friend, but gained a room mate (and about ten cubic metres of stuff).
Yesterday I got commended for my work. It was satisfying to see others liking our work so much, they wanted to present it onwards. In the evening, I fully demonstrated that I don't know Jack Schitt in a pub quiz.
Today I stroke gently the forehead of the cooling body of my grandmother, as she passed away literally five minutes before I got to the hospital.
Tomorrow I will wake up tired, and spend the day in meetings, traveling back and forth, and feeling even more tired.
(From D/k.)
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What a ten-year run, Janne. Condolences on your grandmother's passing. And, of course, best wishes from Vancouver. May the next 10 years prove as rich and meaningful. :-)--Sanjay Khanna, 04-Mar-2005
what a range of emotions. and to write about it is to go through it all again. thank you for sharing.
sorry to hear about your mother.
charlie
--charlie, 04-Mar-2005