Susan Warren's Blog

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Where's Susan?

After a long break to deal with health issues (bleh, 25 years of my sleep-under-the-desk workstyle finally took a toll), I'm back in the saddle.  And working hard to learn a more sustainable work-life balance.  Wish me luck, hehe ;)

But where?  Well, I've joined Vertigo Software in Point Richmond, Ca. as a Senior Software Engineer.  The work is exciting and fulfilling (as it was at Microsoft), and the sunshine doesn't hurt either.  Best of all, however, is that my family is just a few minutes away and I walk to work.  Can't beat that!

My new business card:

Susan Warren, Senior Software Engineer
 
Vertigo Software, Inc.
51 Washington Ave.
Point Richmond, CA 94801  
 
desk     (510) 307-8230
email    swarren@vertigosoftware.com

 

Posted: Nov 06 2003, 08:56 AM by SWarren | with 25 comment(s)

Comments

Charles M. Carroll said:

Congrats on your now job Susan.

I enjoyed your AspElite/Ace Summit speeches and all the talks we had.

You are one of my favorite people although we don't always cross paths.
# November 6, 2003 12:00 PM

Douglas Reilly said:

Susan,

It is wonderful to hear you back and blogging. You were a great help while writing my ASP.NET book, and I have often enjoyed hearing you speak at conferences. I have had a lot of health issues (both my health - liver cancer survivor - and my kids) and so really understand the home/work balance can be a tricky thing (especially at Microsoft, I expect!).

Welcome back!
# November 6, 2003 12:38 PM

HumanCompiler said:

I have a problem with balance too...care to share your findings through your journey to balance? ;) Good luck with your new job! :)
# November 6, 2003 5:05 PM

Martin Spedding said:

Hi, it was great to meet you at the PDC. I remember talking to you when you were discussing with Julia how to get a blog on dotNetweblogs so it is great to see you here. By the way clearly the new life balance is working as you looked much healthier than I remember at the last PDC. Clearly Microsoft is great place to work if you want to deliver products to millions of people but not a place where you able to have a balanced life. After working for over 5 years for big consulting companies I left to get my work life balance back. All work and no play makes for a soul destroying life. Also it takes it toll on relationships, I hated being away 5 days a week and never seeing my wife. It is so much better with my new job. Only 20 minutes to work by tram.

All the best in your new job.
# November 6, 2003 6:36 PM

Susan Warren said:

Thanks Martin -- great seeing you again too. I know it's easy to blame Microsoft for my lack of balance, but I have to confess this has been my personal achilles heel for the past 25 years. I just really really love technology, and I tend to obsess over it. For me the lack of balance is self-inflicted. :p

Having been a Microsoft insider for a few years I have to tell you that I found average Microsoftie is much more balanced and "real" than the folks I met in the Silicon Valley during the dot-com gold rush. Balance can be achieved at Microsoft, just as lack of balance at many other companies (as you've experienced). I just need the remedial course :)
# November 6, 2003 7:00 PM

Kent Sharkey said:

Hopefully your walk to work isn't gated by the opening time of the nearest coffee shop as it was in the past.

Welcome back, and let us all know how to fix our w/l balance...

TTFN - Kent
# November 6, 2003 7:25 PM

Susan Warren said:

Hehe, nope. But since the nueva cucina restaurant along the way (best breakfast burritos in the known universe) doesn't open till 8 am, I sometimes find myself engaged in random acts of housecleaning in the morning so that I don't turn up too early! :)
# November 6, 2003 7:30 PM

Ron Krauter said:

Hi Susan,

I always enjoyed your presentations and your posting on the newsgroups. They helped me a lot in my professional career. So are you still in a position where you get to work with .NET technologies or are you in a totally different field?

Wish you all the best at your new job.
-ron
# November 6, 2003 9:08 PM

lauraj said:

Woo hoo! I'm sure you remember the look of disappointment on my face when I asked you where your blog was, and you said you didn't have one (or maybe not ;-). Anyway, I'm glad to see you blogging!
# November 7, 2003 12:44 AM

Alex Lowe said:

Glad to see you're back on the scene in some capacity and super glad to hear your health is back!

The folks on the lists, forums, newsgroups, etc. will surely miss you but if you are happy in your new job then I'm sure they will understand. =)

Good luck and glad to see you blogging - subscribed.
# November 7, 2003 2:03 AM

G. Andrew Duthie said:

Sorry I missed you at PDC, Susan, and once again, welcome back! I look forward to hearing what you have to share in your blog.
# November 7, 2003 2:10 AM

Edgar Sánchez said:

Hey Susan! I saw you briefly at the Smart Clients BOF (I was the RD that barely said nothing about Swing). It's great to see you back in action. As my mentor to ASP.NET (years ago now) and a frequent presenter myself, I have always been a big fan of your presentation style. Keep up the good work and the balance.

PD. We've got a couple of very smart female developers here (they are 33% of our brainforce), and pointing them to yet another great female blogger is a good thing so keep posting!
# November 7, 2003 9:28 AM

Julie Lerman said:

Well, Susan. Looks like this was a great idea! Yippee.
# November 7, 2003 5:18 PM

Dan Maharry said:

Hi Susan! Great to see you at PDC even if you recognized Sussman at breakfast before me <g>. Glad to hear you're doing fine and getting back down to it at a more manageable level. Looking forward to reading what you're doing
# November 20, 2003 12:11 PM

Jason Salas said:

Hey Susan!

Best of luck in your new job. Good to see you back.
# December 13, 2003 5:29 PM

mike said:

Hi, Susan! Nice to hear that you're doing well. We miss you!
# December 17, 2003 10:46 AM

Steven Smith said:

Great to hear you're in good health again, Susan. Sorry I missed you at PDC, but I always enjoyed your presentations and I look forward to seeing you again at the conferences or at least online.

Take care.
# February 10, 2004 2:11 PM

Dave Burke said:

So good to see you blogging, Susan. I saw you at TechEd 2001 in Atlanta showing IBuySpy (caught both sessions!) and thought you were great!
# February 18, 2004 11:13 PM

Sedgewick said:

Susan, your the coolest - seeing you at 2001 PDC was actually the biggest highlights of my life, all of the people at home could hardly believe how stoked I was about .net

I hope you head up the next big thing, but get lots of people to do all the difficult work!
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