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233When I worked at Bloomberg, I was probably six months into the job before my manager scheduled time for me to attend the week-long new employee orientation. I sat in the back and read <em>The Hunchback of Notre Dame</em> (the leather bound, Easton Press edition) and a couple other books while the instructor explained how to log hours and check email. Good times.</p><p>You can tell Iâm growing as a person because I didnât sit in the front row of the classroom while doing this extracurricular reading. I did nearly laugh out loud in class though when I read:</p><blockquote>"Oh, how gladly I would drown myself, if only the water were not so cold!" -Gringoire</blockquote><figure class="kg-card kg-image-card kg-card-hascaption"><img src="https://curtisjones.com/content/images/size/w1200/2025/11/ChatGPT-Image-Nov-6--2025-at-11_45_49-AM-1.png" class="kg-image" alt="" loading="lazy" width="1200" height="800" srcset="https://curtisjones.com/content/images/size/w600/size/w1200/2025/11/ChatGPT-Image-Nov-6--2025-at-11_45_49-AM-1.png 600w, https://curtisjones.com/content/images/size/w1000/size/w1200/2025/11/ChatGPT-Image-Nov-6--2025-at-11_45_49-AM-1.png 1000w, https://curtisjones.com/content/images/size/w1200/2025/11/ChatGPT-Image-Nov-6--2025-at-11_45_49-AM-1.png 1200w" sizes="(min-width: 720px) 720px"><figcaption><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">"Oh, how gladly I would drown myself, if only the water were not so cold!" -Gringoire</span></figcaption></figure><p>Reach me via <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#91f2e4e3e5f8e2d1f2e4e3e5f8e2fbfefff4e2bff2fefc" rel="noreferrer">email</a>, if you must.</p> 234 </div> 235 236 </article> 237</main> 238 239 240 241 242 <footer class="gh-foot gh-outer"> 243 <div class="gh-foot-inner gh-inner"> 244 <div class="gh-copyright"> 245 A garage sale for your mind © 2026 246 </div> 247 <nav class="gh-foot-menu"> 248 <ul class="nav"> 249 <li class="nav-join"><a href="#/portal/">Join!</a></li> 250 <li class="nav-old"><a href="https://senojsitruc.blogspot.com">Old</a></li> 251 <li class="nav-x"><a href="https://x.com/senojsitruc">X</a></li> 252 <li class="nav-instagram"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/senojsitruc/">Instagram</a></li> 253 <li class="nav-web"><a href="https://curtisjones.us">Web</a></li> 254 <li class="nav-strava"><a href="https://www.strava.com/athletes/2576597">Strava</a></li> 255 <li class="nav-github"><a href="https://github.com/senojsitruc">GitHub</a></li> 256 <li class="nav-resume"><a href="https://curtisjones.com/resume/">Resume</a></li> 257</ul> 258 259 </nav> 260 <div class="gh-powered-by"> 261 <a href="https://ghost.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Powered by Ghost</a> 262 </div> 263 </div> 264 </footer> 265 266</div> 267 268 <div class="pswp" tabindex="-1" role="dialog" aria-hidden="true"> 269 <div class="pswp__bg"></div> 270 271 <div class="pswp__scroll-wrap"> 272 <div class="pswp__container"> 273 <div class="pswp__item"></div> 274 <div class="pswp__item"></div> 275 <div class="pswp__item"></div> 276 </div> 277 278 <div class="pswp__ui pswp__ui--hidden"> 279 <div class="pswp__top-bar"> 280 <div class="pswp__counter"></div> 281 282 <button class="pswp__button pswp__button--close" title="Close (Esc)"></button> 283 <button class="pswp__button pswp__button--share" title="Share"></button> 284 <button class="pswp__button pswp__button--fs" title="Toggle fullscreen"></button> 285 <button class="pswp__button pswp__button--zoom" title="Zoom in/out"></button> 286 287 <div class="pswp__preloader"> 288 <div class="pswp__preloader__icn"> 289 <div class="pswp__preloader__cut"> 290 <div class="pswp__preloader__donut"></div> 291 </div> 292 </div> 293 </div> 294 </div> 295 296 <div class="pswp__share-modal pswp__share-modal--hidden pswp__single-tap"> 297 <div class="pswp__share-tooltip"></div> 298 </div> 299 300 <button class="pswp__button pswp__button--arrow--left" title="Previous (arrow left)"></button> 301 <button class="pswp__button pswp__button--arrow--right" title="Next (arrow right)"></button> 302 303 <div class="pswp__caption"> 304 <div class="pswp__caption__center"></div> 305 </div> 306 </div> 307 </div> 308</div>
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