New Project
On Monday I received word that I was selected to work on a government project. As of right now I am not sure how much I can talk about it, it isn’t classified or DoD, but blogging about my experiences may have to wait until I am finished. It is a large project though, based on Joomla and the numbers I am hearing are at least a 3 month deal possibly to the end of the year. Then I am going to live out of a van for 5 years to regain my sanity, just kidding. I’m pretty excited; it is a large project, but the best part is that I will be working with a great group of people. One is a published Java expert and another guy is a award winning designer. The great thing about team I am working with is that they are very organized from what I see. Joomla is in subversion along with a dump of the database ready for me to tear into. I am also able to run the entire thing locally which is a HUGE help; to me at least.
One thing I hate about new projects is that short period of time where you don’t know what you have gotten yourself into and the unknown is just scary. I have skills, but there are always knowledge you lack in some area. I had this huge panic attack earlier when I was looking through the reports that are available in Eventum, which are sorta complicated as it jumps around from file to file and I started thinking about this project. I have my meeting with the PM tomorrow morning to go over expectations and deadlines, and I believe I will feel much better once I know how much sleep I should expect to lose 
I also have work that I pick up from a local company that will line my pockets with a little more cash. All in all I think this year is going to be fairly profitable.
If anyone on the project is reading I look forward to working with you.
