Today, after two weeks of being in the two weeks’ notice netherworld that included a code sprint to try to get everything tidied up for my previous employer and jury duty, I finally got to show up at Carbon Five. It was great taking the short walk from my house to the office. Upon arriving about a half dozen others were already there, recapping weekend fun and bike shopping in the lounge area. The espresso machine was hissing in the kitchen and everyone seemed pretty excited to get to work. Austin Rubyist, now in SF like many of us, Mike has been designated my project lead for my first project.

It may be a bit of a “no duh” observation to point out that joining a consulting firm has a very different work flow versus working in corporate. A few numbers: Number of days when pairing occurred: 5 Number of hours spent pairing: ~37 Number of stand-ups: 5 Time spent in stand ups (week): ~ 50 minutes Brown Bag Lunch: 90 minutes Emails received within project team: 3 Emails received from client: 1 Skills Worked On: HTML5, CSS3, Rails, Backbone.JS Times astounded by my pair’s refactoring skills: 2