Posts tagged Work

How’s work now?

Dec 27th

Posted by Richard Relos in Work

I am now a former employee of Barclays.  Barclays Global Investors that is.  Why former?  It’s because BGI has been acquired by my new employer, BlackRock.  Almost two years with BGI has left me good memories and tremendous growth.  Here’s hoping the same with BlackRock. The same enthusiasm and positive outlook is now channeled to our new team at BlackRock.

Anyways, after few days after the official execution of the “divorce”, I saw this advertisement from CNN.com.  Funny, but this is now reality.  The world “Global” was BGI’s punchline, at least in name and in internal culture usage.
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Boondoggle

May 30th

Posted by Richard Relos in ETC Topics

Trust me, this is a true word.  Just look for it in Wikipedia.  Anyways, I am not indifferent to this word.  Been there, done that.  Just worth noting that in here…

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Java where?

Dec 22nd

Posted by Richard Relos in Work

It’s been a while since I have last posted about Java or anything technical. I hope I’ll find enough time next year and enough inspiration to post more meaningful contents. I hope to extend my posts portfolio to not just technical but into my new-found knowledge, financial and capital markets. Here’s to a more fruitful 2009. Glad I made the right decision back in December 2007 and did not pursue employment midway in some other company during that year. I am happy and expect to see more challenges ahead in terms of my career, experience and knowledge-base.

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Top 10 Most In-Demand IT Skills

Sep 6th

Posted by Richard Relos in My I.T. Interests

Source: CIO Insight

  • Network Administration
  • Windows Administration
  • Desktop Support
  • Database Management
  • Wireless Network Management
  • Telecommunications Support
  • Web Development/Design — glad I’m this space :)
  • Business Intelligence
  • Virtualization
  • .Net Development
  • CRM Implementation
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thank goodness it’s month end

Aug 30th

Posted by Richard Relos in Programming

and so the production paranoia is eased a bit.

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My Workplace

Aug 31st

Posted by Richard Relos in I.T. / General

Repost from Randomized!

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I had a sudden urge to blog about my workplace. This is the place where I get happy. This is the place where I get mad. This is the place where I get frustrated. This is the place where I also get hope.

I brought spidey with me (my IBM X23 laptop) today. With spidey, I can do everything I want anywhere I am. In my workplace, I work on two desktop machines (oh, so that explains the two keyboards and two mice). One is windows machine on a P4 whitebox. The other is my favorite, my linux machine on a Sun box (AMD64). Originally, it came with Solaris 10 but I had to undo the settings and install my own Fedora, oh yes, the much famous Fedora Core 3. Not on the picture is an HP-UX-based blade server that my team manages.

Also in my workplace, you can find my ultra mini fan. This little giant keeps me cool (literally and figuratively). Also, I have my switchbox. I definitely go through a lot of mis-types and mis-commands on the wrong machine without my switchbox. Normally, I would just operate my Windoze machine through VNC. Clever huh!

In my workplace, I have my old-school calendar. I don’t really rely on electronic ones.

In my workplace, I am one who tags his own chair. I tagged my chair with a neon-yellow plastic string of some sort. I really don’t know what it is called. This is the stuff that when you “tie” it, it can never be untied. I’ve seen these being used as “handcuffs” to war-on-terrorism detainees. Why do I tag my chair? Because this is the only chair that fits perfectly to my back.

Not in the picture is the gamut of books that I use in my carreer. Not in the picture is, of course, me. I’m the one who took the shot.

And as always, I don’t go to my workplace without my magic parker pen and my magic spectacles. Without these, I’ll surely ruin my day one way or another.

Here’s my workplace: