Re: Happy 2024 Winter Solstice!

[Robert <http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert>]

 > From: Michael King <http://www.gmail.com/~mdk.email>
 > Date: Thu, 6 Feb 2025 14:40:33 -0500
 >
 > Hello again:
 > 
 > > > So, they brought you back to SW to work on the ES product.
 > >
 > > Yes, oddly, they continue to sell new licenses, but, ultimately, yes, they
 > > are planning to wind it down through attrition.
 > >
 > 
 > What is your guess when that will happen?

No.  In fact, that will be part of the work I'll be doing.

 > > Trying to onboard the India folks has been a lot of work.  I knew it would
 > > be, but I didn't realize quite how much.  It seems like, before they are
 > > actually onboarded, the product will have been decommissioned!
 > 
 > What are the challenges you are facing with them?

Basically, the biggest challenge has been that a small set of people are
trying to transfer knowledge of entire product and millions of lines of
code to another (larger) team.  There are a lot of details which have
evolved over the last 20 years that the product has existed, which even I
didn't know about.

 > > Yes, was thinking the same.  Tech hiring is supposed to improve over the
 > > next 6 months.  That should make it easier for all of us.
 > 
 > Sure hope this is true for me.
 > 
 > I don't recall your age vs mine.  You have an advantage of the M/L
 > experience. So, I'd expect it will be a bit easier for you (vs me).

I got a contact from a recruiter just today about this, so I suspect that
you're right that I'm a bit luckier in that respect.

 > > I'm on Signal, yes.  I don't have your phone number on hand, but you can
 > > connect with me on Signal at my voicemail number my-Oakland-voicemail-number.
 > 
 > I'll start with SIgnal and the number you gave.
 > Hadn't heard of Session before, though I'll look into it.
 >
 > > FWIW, I also use Session (desktop and app) for secure messaging.  You can
 > > connect with me using the attached QR code.

It doesn't need a phone number for connecting.  (I think the Simplex
instant messenger is similar, but I haven't tried it.)  Session has other
flaws that Signal does not suffer from, but it has some other advantages
(such as not being tied to a phone number).  Session's primary
disadvantage is that the app only allows a single identity; the developers
are supposed to expand it to allow multiple identities, but don't know
when that will come.

 >  Take Care...
 > --Michael