Half way through the year, time for a brief retrospective. Each of these could be a post on their own.

Job

It’s been a little over a year since I left JPL. After a brief hiatus at Amazon, I’m settling into my new job at Outrider.ai. Last year I was laid off from Amazon Robotics, AI, which I don’t think exists any more as an organization. They cited “Marcoeconomic factors” of course. So, the year started with me unemployed, but with some offers on the table. It came down to JPL and Outrider, and I wasn’t very pleased with how I managed that decision making process or juggled multiple interview tracks. I will have to write more about this, because I feel like I burned a few bridges along the way. However, those are two near-perfect options, and it came down to timing: Outrider could move faster with the offer, which helped shore up my dwindling cash reserves.