Last week was very interesting, first off it snowed down here in Florida. It was an ice storm really, there was a little dusting of snow on top of the ice. Nothing that a northerner would be concerned about but this is Florida, and Florida doesn't have salt trucks. The town pretty much shut down, the University closed, the stores closed, it was sorta odd.
Then last Friday I was researching for my assistance ship, I found some interesting articles about NASA's continuous planning systems called ASPEN and CASPER. I was put on this task because the school wants to build a system for 'smart' houses using planning. ASPEN and CASPER use iterative repair on their plans so there is no conflicts.I had initially heard of their systems when I was researching for my Master's project. One of the dilemmas with planners is making sure the generated plan is still good after that small window when it is generated and executed.
Long story short I read the articles and said hey I wonder if there is any jobs for this tech. Low and behold there was a 'entry' level position in NASA's planning and scheduling department. Now I love games but this job would be the only job that would superseded my passion for games. So I applied.
It made my top three job opportunities:
1) LUA Scripter at Tell Tale Games
2) Software engineer at NASA's Planning and Scheduling systems.
3) Developer for IBM's Watson supercomputer
It is nerve racking putting these applications out now, knowing there is probably a six month turn around before I even hear back. In fact all weekend I was a bit distraught worrying about what my future holds starting May 3rd.
Then I told myself 'Anything could happen. Heck it snowed in Florida!' That seemed as unlikely as my ex wife contacting me . . . . until she did.
I think God is reassuring me.
See you in Fourteen Weeks
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