@ymb- Just peeked at your LinkedIn profile. Seems we've had a sort of crossing of paths...
4 months ago.
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You used to work for CompuWare? I live just a bit north of Detroit- and I lived in Espoo for a short time- where you are based now, yes? Smallish world. :-)
I was in Detroit last year for few days visiting the head office, don't know much about the area (other than the many articles on how run down the whole region is).
Ah- okay, so you're still with them? I didn't realize they have an office in Espoo.
Yeah, Detroit is pretty bad. There's a lot of nice things going on- Red Bull Air Races, the Grand Prix on Belle Isle, etc- and I love my 1st place Detroit Tiger baseball. :-) However, there is an overwhelming percentage of the city that is horribly run down, dangerous and much of it is quite an eye sore. The Detroit skyline can be quite beautiful at times, until you realize that most of the magnificent towers are in disrepair and abandoned. Pretty sad what's happened to Detroit over the decades. Still a lot of nice things going on though, and it's getting better- but this economy has not helped anything recently. :-(
No any more, we parted ways a couple of months ago. The office is actually in Helsinki. Compuware has an office in or near all of the European capitals i think.
I live in Espoo as when i first came here most of my time was spent at the Nokia Karaportti site, and also rent is cheaper in Espoo.
Yeah, the city was interesting, not as bad as everyone had told me, but then the weather was really nice when i was there, and the Compuware building is also pretty nice :)
I stand corrected once again. :-) So you are with the big N now?
Yes, the CompuWare building is very nice. Detroit had many big hopes for it when it was announced. Of course, it has nothing on the Willy Wonka's Chocolate Factory of the mobile world that is the Nokia House. :-)
No worries, better to correct a small mis-understnading than have a huge argument eh :)
Not been directly employed by "N", but they were one of the factors that caused me to transfer from Compuware UK to Compuware FI (God, over 6 years ago now!). During my first couple of years here in Finland I was spending a lot of work time at Karaportti, so it made sense (at least to me) to live near there.
Never really thought about NH as that big a thing , just another office building (all be it, a nice one, in a pleasant location). One meeting room is pretty much like another. I see NH as being in a sort of typical understated Finnish style (there are bigger buildings around it, the logo is small (almost hidden) etc)
@ymb I guess I see NH a bit differently being such a fan of the brand and company history- so it has near mythical properties to me. I also lived in Espoo when they were constructing the building and drove by it nearly everyday on the way to HEL. It was a pretty big deal for me when I was invited to fly over and step inside some ten years later- as it does hold that pretty special place in my heart. :-)
Understated in true Finnish style, sure- but I find much of the architecture quite beautiful and unique inside.
@BUGabundo- Are you going to catch the races? This was the second year in Detroit, and I missed it. To make things even worse, I was only able to make it to qualifying day last year, which was cancelled as they were attempting to setup in 45 mph winds. :-(
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You used to work for CompuWare? I live just a bit north of Detroit- and I lived in Espoo for a short time- where you are based now, yes? Smallish world. :-)
4 months ago by PseudoFinn
wow, the internet gets smaller every day :)
I was in Detroit last year for few days visiting the head office, don't know much about the area (other than the many articles on how run down the whole region is).
4 months ago by ymb
Ah- okay, so you're still with them? I didn't realize they have an office in Espoo.
Yeah, Detroit is pretty bad. There's a lot of nice things going on- Red Bull Air Races, the Grand Prix on Belle Isle, etc- and I love my 1st place Detroit Tiger baseball. :-) However, there is an overwhelming percentage of the city that is horribly run down, dangerous and much of it is quite an eye sore. The Detroit skyline can be quite beautiful at times, until you realize that most of the magnificent towers are in disrepair and abandoned. Pretty sad what's happened to Detroit over the decades. Still a lot of nice things going on though, and it's getting better- but this economy has not helped anything recently. :-(
4 months ago by PseudoFinn
No any more, we parted ways a couple of months ago. The office is actually in Helsinki. Compuware has an office in or near all of the European capitals i think. I live in Espoo as when i first came here most of my time was spent at the Nokia Karaportti site, and also rent is cheaper in Espoo.
Yeah, the city was interesting, not as bad as everyone had told me, but then the weather was really nice when i was there, and the Compuware building is also pretty nice :)
4 months ago by ymb
I stand corrected once again. :-) So you are with the big N now?
Yes, the CompuWare building is very nice. Detroit had many big hopes for it when it was announced. Of course, it has nothing on the Willy Wonka's Chocolate Factory of the mobile world that is the Nokia House. :-)
4 months ago by PseudoFinn
No worries, better to correct a small mis-understnading than have a huge argument eh :)
Not been directly employed by "N", but they were one of the factors that caused me to transfer from Compuware UK to Compuware FI (God, over 6 years ago now!). During my first couple of years here in Finland I was spending a lot of work time at Karaportti, so it made sense (at least to me) to live near there.
Never really thought about NH as that big a thing , just another office building (all be it, a nice one, in a pleasant location). One meeting room is pretty much like another. I see NH as being in a sort of typical understated Finnish style (there are bigger buildings around it, the logo is small (almost hidden) etc)
4 months ago by ymb
@PseudoFinn: we will have Red Bull Air Race this weekend here, in Porto. :D
4 months ago by BUGabundo
@ymb I guess I see NH a bit differently being such a fan of the brand and company history- so it has near mythical properties to me. I also lived in Espoo when they were constructing the building and drove by it nearly everyday on the way to HEL. It was a pretty big deal for me when I was invited to fly over and step inside some ten years later- as it does hold that pretty special place in my heart. :-)
Understated in true Finnish style, sure- but I find much of the architecture quite beautiful and unique inside.
@BUGabundo- Are you going to catch the races? This was the second year in Detroit, and I missed it. To make things even worse, I was only able to make it to qualifying day last year, which was cancelled as they were attempting to setup in 45 mph winds. :-(
4 months ago by PseudoFinn
@PseudoFinn: naaa just watch from Home and TV.
4 months ago by BUGabundo