Viva Las Vegas!
Sometime last week my new boss called me and a colleague into the ‘goldfish bowl’... first thoughts are always negative ones and as I’m still learning the ropes, I assumed that I’d ballsed up somewhere along the line.
As it turned out, I hadn’t… Steve wanted to offer us the chance to participate in Sun’s annual conference for engineers (CEC), this year being held in Las Vegas in mid-October. The thing has been running a fair while now and by all accounts is a chance to meet other ‘Sunnies’ from around the world, do a bit of tech swotting-up, and get incredibly drunk in the evenings… certain tales I’ve heard haven’t limited the drinking to just the evenings, either.
Unsurprisingly, I jumped at the opportunity and earlier on today, I booked a flight to Las Vegas. I’ll be flying from Gatwick on October 6th, and flying back on the 11th. By the sounds of it, I’ve got a window seat (my choice—less being disturbed by other randoms) flying direct, non-stop to Vegas. As the conference is during the week, hotels are supposed to be dirt cheap—this basically means that Sun is putting is up in a decent posh hotel.
As I find out more about what’s going on, which ‘break out sessions’ I’ll be attending, and what I’ll be doing on my free Sunday before the event, I’ll get some updates posted.
Until then, I’ll be answering the ‘phones.