Jeff Nadeau - Beyond Lektora & Microsoft

No, I'm not dead! Moving back to Quebec City has been more difficult than I previously thought... First, we're having a very hard time buying a house... Unlike the US, the real estate market is still in bubble mode here... We got tired of the situation and decided to rent... So, we will finally feel at home again in May... Because we sold almost everything before moving back here, we're in a shopping spree for appliances, kitchen stuff, bathroom stuff, living room stuff, etc. Well, we're almost starting for scratch! At least, I was able to move my computer! :-)

As for my job, I've been working at SSQ Groupe Financier for the last 4 months... I'm working in the investment division and they are rebuilding their legacy green-text business system in Adobe Flex and J2EE... It's a bit weird because I don't work with any Microsoft technologies... Also, we're using SCRUM as the project management tool and my team-mates nominated me as the SCRUM Master... As you can see, all of that is very different from what I was doing at Microsoft... I like to try new things, so I'm happy with the change... Also, Adobe Flex is super interesting and very fun to program with. It is seriously one of the nicest GUI toolkit I've ever used!

However, I miss my friends in Redmond... I also miss the gorgeous landscapes of the Northwest... But, even with all the crazy snow we had this winter (5 meters!), I prefer the Quebec city's weather... It so much sunnier here, it's incredible... And now that Spring is here, it's even nicer...