Who is your daddy? And what does he do?
I got another "what are you up" to IM, so I guess it's time for my annual(semi-annual?) review on what I've been up to.
Where do you live?
I still live in Chicago and reside in the Lincoln Park/Lakeview area. I'm currently searching for a condo either around here or the Goldcoast area, but after months of searching all I've found are either complete dumps or places that rival the cost of my parent’s home.
What do you do?
The life of the video game programmer has come and gone. I finished two games before I switched jobs. The first game I worked on was called Zathura (PS2, Gamecube, Xbox, PC) which is an action, platform kiddie game. The story is pretty much Jumanji in space but it got decent ratings.
The other game I worked on was 50 cent: Bulletproof (PSP), which is a soon to be released action/role playing game. The game has the player play as 50 and your goal is to take back New York from the gangs and terrorists with the help of Dr. Dre, Eminem, and the G-unit crew. The PS2/Xbox version is currently on the market and has sold over a million copies. This version was released by a different company but we did a lot of work with them, so hopefully the PSP version will be as big of a success.
Video game programming though is in the past now. Last December I switched over to doing Commodities Trading Software. I work for a firm that's located right in the heart of downtown. I no longer have to deal with the three hours of commuting, which is a huge bonus, plus the place has lot of kids my age and cool projects that I enjoy working on.
What do you do outside of work?
Every Wednesday is Yoga at work. My company hired a yoga instructor to get our chi in check and has a free class offered from 4:30 - 5:30.
I'm also taking an options trading course. Every Tuesday I take a two hour course that goes over the different exchange's terminologies, rules, and how to evaluate what contracts traded are good buy/sell(s) based on their market conditions.
I also play basketball every Monday night, ping pong daily, and am either out and about downtown or looking at condos on the weekends.
Do you still travel a lot?
Not as much as before. I've noticed that I don't need to travel as much when I live in a city that offers as much as Chicago does. Food, theater, sports, bars, clubs, pretty much everything I enjoy doing Chicago offers.
I still like getting away every once and while though, so here's where I've been or am planning on going to shortly
The typical family reunion question. Usually followed by a wink and a nudge. Does every family do this? What happends once you're married? Do they start badgering you about kids next? Crap, I bet they do. Please Terry Tate me if I ever ask a question like this when I get old.
I thought you wanted to live in New York?
New York City is $1000 a square foot. One thousand dollars! In comparison, Chicago's around $250-350 a square foot. In my opinion, this city has just as much stuff to do, is cleaner, and I don't have to worry about any terrorist problems. In other words, I'm not moving to NYC anytime soon.
Where do you live?
I still live in Chicago and reside in the Lincoln Park/Lakeview area. I'm currently searching for a condo either around here or the Goldcoast area, but after months of searching all I've found are either complete dumps or places that rival the cost of my parent’s home.
What do you do?
The life of the video game programmer has come and gone. I finished two games before I switched jobs. The first game I worked on was called Zathura (PS2, Gamecube, Xbox, PC) which is an action, platform kiddie game. The story is pretty much Jumanji in space but it got decent ratings.
The other game I worked on was 50 cent: Bulletproof (PSP), which is a soon to be released action/role playing game. The game has the player play as 50 and your goal is to take back New York from the gangs and terrorists with the help of Dr. Dre, Eminem, and the G-unit crew. The PS2/Xbox version is currently on the market and has sold over a million copies. This version was released by a different company but we did a lot of work with them, so hopefully the PSP version will be as big of a success.
Video game programming though is in the past now. Last December I switched over to doing Commodities Trading Software. I work for a firm that's located right in the heart of downtown. I no longer have to deal with the three hours of commuting, which is a huge bonus, plus the place has lot of kids my age and cool projects that I enjoy working on.
What do you do outside of work?
Every Wednesday is Yoga at work. My company hired a yoga instructor to get our chi in check and has a free class offered from 4:30 - 5:30.
I'm also taking an options trading course. Every Tuesday I take a two hour course that goes over the different exchange's terminologies, rules, and how to evaluate what contracts traded are good buy/sell(s) based on their market conditions.
I also play basketball every Monday night, ping pong daily, and am either out and about downtown or looking at condos on the weekends.
Do you still travel a lot?
Not as much as before. I've noticed that I don't need to travel as much when I live in a city that offers as much as Chicago does. Food, theater, sports, bars, clubs, pretty much everything I enjoy doing Chicago offers.
I still like getting away every once and while though, so here's where I've been or am planning on going to shortly
- Boulder, CO. (Visited Easy-E and skied the rockies with him)
- Montreal (The Invincible Sword Goddess has a conference there at the end of April, so I'm going to attend part of it and check out the city)
- Ann Arbor (Does this even count? I usually go there around once month)
The typical family reunion question. Usually followed by a wink and a nudge. Does every family do this? What happends once you're married? Do they start badgering you about kids next? Crap, I bet they do. Please Terry Tate me if I ever ask a question like this when I get old.
I thought you wanted to live in New York?
New York City is $1000 a square foot. One thousand dollars! In comparison, Chicago's around $250-350 a square foot. In my opinion, this city has just as much stuff to do, is cleaner, and I don't have to worry about any terrorist problems. In other words, I'm not moving to NYC anytime soon.
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