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Nick Kirsch

Confused about my career

I don’t feel fulfilled at Isilon. I haven’t quite figured it out - I have fantasies of being in Japan, fantasies of being in graduate school, fantasies of being involved with Mathematics - but I don’t know if those are just tools to escape the present or real dreams. I don’t know if I would be at Isilon if I wasn’t worried about finances. What if I had all the money in the world? What would I do? This is something very serious to think about.

06/24/2006

We woke up at 5:30. I spent some time reading/writing email from the blackberry. It’s

nice to stay in touch, but boy is that inefficient. Hopefully in the future we can get

some wireless access from the apartment – if we intend for our off-hours to be productive.

Otherwise, I want to find some interesting places – seeing Dave walk around in his

underwear is only amusing the first time. ;)

06/23/2006

Up at 6 and over to Caffee Manya for a hot breakfast. I ordered an omlet (which

is scrambled eggs unless you specific something else), potatoes, sausages, and

a latte. Dave and I talked about the previous days events and enjoyed watching

the people.

We arrived at Isilon about 9:30 – the first to arrive. We had a 10 AM

interview with Denis, who is a kernel programmer at SWSoft. Andrey considered