So, I have started my job, and have definitely entered the workforce...parts of it are still very strange (like how little time I have between getting home in the evening and bedtime) but overall I'm very happy to be here and excited about what's to come. This week has been, and next week will continue to be, full time training. For training, my company brings the six new full-timers from our two bay area offices and the LA office into downtown SF. I'll normally be working in Silicon Valley, in our Menlo Park office, with a 30 min commute, but for training my commute's about an hour because I have to head downtown. However the downtown office have a gorgeous view, because it's on the 20th floor in the financial district, and so that kinda makes up for it.
Most of what I've been doing is not worth reading...HR stuff, going over benefits, nine hours of Excel training (seven of those hours in one day)...but I'm getting to know people and feeling much better about being here. Sunday night I could hardly sleep; I tossed and turned all night and could hardly eat all day. I know, and you thought I was unflappable (yeah right). But my nervousness has abated as the week went on. We initiated a happy hour today that some of the senior analysts joined us for, and the bar had trivia which was slower than Legend's but infinitely more high tech, because the sound system was decent and, get this: THEY USED A SPREADSHEET FOR SCOREKEEPING. The crazy things they do out here!
Christina (C-Squeezy) has been in LA all summer working in an archive or something, and she's flying up to visit me this weekend. Since she is finally old enough to be allowed to drink I am looking forward to buying her what I'm sure must be her first drink ever (lolz). Since I'm missing out on all the Midwest Trumpet Reunions, whether planned or spontaneous, this will help give me some of that camaraderie I've been missing. I'm glad to hear so many trips are overlapping and people are visiting!
Wish I had a more interesting way to end this...but I don't. How about I end with a promise: I promise next time I'll have pictures (so that people will actually skim through what I write)!
Training sounds kinda miserable, but at least it is a good, un-intimidating way to ease into your new job. I am glad they know how to handle trivia in California, always a year or two ahead of the curve.
ReplyDeleteI love reading, so I am catching every word ;)