In Like Flynn

Lot's of people say they hate Mondays, but this one's been a good one for me. Not only did I actually manage to get up in time for my interview, but the whole thing went very well. It went so well in fact that I've been offered a job at Ideaworks3D as a network programmer. If you bother to look at there site you may stumble along a product they call Airplay. This apparently will be my first assignment, maintaining the old code base of the first Airplay incarnation. This should prove to be a good programming role even though not in the 3D graphics or game engine department. Much to my delight I've been offered more than the meager £25k I was expecting, instead I'll be earning a respectable £30k per year. A very nice figure I've decided, and I shouldn't have a problem living off of that even in London. Next I'll need to sort out a bank account and some more permanent accommodation, then on to the two essentials; broadband internet and volleyball.

I got a chance to see one of Ideaworks3D products coming out in the UK next year, Colin McRae Rally for the N-Gage. In fact it was on an N-Gage QD which actually looked quite good (they've got rid of the stupid "hold it sideways to talk" thing. I saw someone at a bus stop talking on the original version and he looked like a right moron) and more impressive was the game running. Still a working version (I assume) and it ran brilliantly, graphics were of course low res but the game ran without a hitch, very smooth and easily on par with a playstation running it. I'm told Korea have phones that use hardware acceleration so it'll be unbelievable what can be done on them.

So I'm quite happy for the time being, I start work next Monday and hopefully can continue to make a good impression. I'll be like John Carmack in no time guys, just you wait.

Wish me luck.