I just can’t keep this under wraps any more. My time in Argentina is drawing to close and I am going back to the U.S. to accept a position with Wolfram Research, the company responsible for a piece of software called Mathematica. Apparently they were in the market for some young talented people with a technical background and a severe case of paranoia. I am (only) half joking of course, since I am referring to my original contact with the company. Since then, there has been a seemingly unending series of phone interviews, a mention of flying out to their headquarters in Champaign for an interview, and finally, an offer from them without meeting face to face yet.
Needless to say, I am tremendously excited about joining them, since everything about the company is first-rate. (Their web design is particularly outstanding, as every page is both easy to use and beautiful.) But, I am conflicted about leaving Argentina. I still find Buenos Aires the most stimulating place I have visited, and I know I have only scratched the surface of what I could discover here. Of course, I have already made the decision to leave, so the only thing to do is spend my remaining time as valuably as possible. I even have a rough schedule of what’s going to happen. Like most good plans, it has an important step that is all question marks and ends with “Profit” and some exclamation marks.
Now-June5: Wrap thing up down south, say goodbye to friends and move out of apartment
June 5: Fly from Buenos Aires to Chicago
June 5-8: Sort through my crap in Concord House basement. Throw some away; keep some.
June 8: ?????? (Need to transport stuff from Chicago to WV, but how??)
June 8-15: Continue to sort through all my stuff, now gathered in one place. Also, visit family I haven’t seen in a whole year.
June 15: Travel to Washington, DC for Wolfram NKS Conference
June 16-18: NKS Conference.
June 18: Fly to Brown University for start of NKS Summer School.
June 18-July 7: Summer School
After July 7: Profit!!!
Dude! Holyfreakin’congratulations!