MVC isn’t a model I’ve really worked with – I’ve been stuck working in the paradigms imposed by the systems I work on – but I thought I should see what this ASP.net MVC hoohah is, so I worked through Scott Guthrie‘s NerdDinner tutorial. Scott did a great job on the tutorial, and I can see why there’s a lot of buzz around this. Not the answer to everything, of course, as with any tool, but definitely one that will be useful to have in my toolbelt.
This past week I attended the monthly meeting of the Puget Sound SharePoint Users’ Group. I was a little surprised how many people were there. I don’t really know why I was expecting a smaller group, but I was. And I enjoyed a good presentation and discussion of search optimization / tuning / etc.
Aside from learning some new things like ASP.net MVC and some SharePoint nitty-gritties, working in technology is still frustrating me. I really don’t understand why people will pay to bring in a technologist or technical team because they are the experts, then dismiss everything the techies say and believe they know better. It is like going to the doctor, and on hearing that you have cancer and need chemotherapy you respond, “oh, that chemotherapy stuff is kind of expensive and a bit of overkill, I think we should just go with extra aspirin and maybe some red rice yeast.”
Of course, I may find it even more frustrating to not have a job. Only 5 weeks to go at formerly-known-as-WaMu. The lottery commission hasn’t come through for me yet, so it is looking like I’ll actually have to find another job. Sigh.
In the meantime, however, things aren’t all bad. One of my bestest friends is staying with us for a few weeks, it is sunny and beautiful outside, and we had a nice relaxing stroll on the beach (Alki) today, and some other friends are coming over for drinks and political arguments later on. All in all a good day.