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Opening Day Jitters

T-Hybrid

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Day 1 of my post-college career started yesterday at 8am. And I have to say I think I now know what KIE was talking about. As I was slowly going through the different forms and notifications, I had that feeling that it was all for real now.

 

401(k), Insurance, Vacation Time...what were all these numbers and terms being thrown at me? Apparently "becoming vested" doesn't mean you get a new overcoat. Who'd a thunk? Thankfully I've got a month to get everything set up, which gives me a chance to learn a few things from the parents.

 

After a full day of overview training from HR yesterday, my first full day on the actual team came today. About 10 of us in a company of 6000. That's pretty cool that even when it's that big they're able to keep teams small. Will make working together a lot easier, and I think that everybody in the group except me has about a decade of work with the project...if not far more. That means I'm really green comparred to them. Extremely green. My first team meeting was today, with a three-hour block of meetings slated for tomorrow morning. Looks like I'm getting the crash course in reality pretty quick here.

 

But I'm looking forward to it. Something I've really only said about two jobs in my life...both of which have been in the last year.

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ChocolateFrogs

Sounds like you're doing fine so far.

(Sorry I can't relate...)

 

Remind me, what do you do again? Something with computers I think.

Is this a 9-5 job, as they say? (I guess maybe it's earlier...)

 

-CF

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Spoony Bard

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Welcome to life, again.

 

Sadly I am struggling to find me some work. Although I am going to school, I would like to do some sorta of job to keep myself occupied.

 

-Omi

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T-Hybrid

Remind me, what do you do again? Something with computers I think.

Is this a 9-5 job, as they say? (I guess maybe it's earlier...)

Software Engineer, working on the backend of a search engine type thing. And yeah, it's your traditional 9-5 (in this case 8-4) cubicle job.

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Spoony Bard

Remind me, what do you do again? Something with computers I think.

Is this a 9-5 job, as they say? (I guess maybe it's earlier...)

Software Engineer, working on the backend of a search engine type thing. And yeah, it's your traditional 9-5 (in this case 8-4) cubicle job.

Cubicle eh?

 

Is it like, dare I say, Office Space? :P

 

-Omi

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ChocolateFrogs

Remind me, what do you do again? Something with computers I think.

Is this a 9-5 job, as they say? (I guess maybe it's earlier...)

Software Engineer, working on the backend of a search engine type thing. And yeah, it's your traditional 9-5 (in this case 8-4) cubicle job.

Do what Binky does and display some Lego MOCs! (perhaps put up a poster...)

 

-CF

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