Well, my first week at at the new company is coming to a close. Its definitely a busy job, and this week has thrown me some surprises. Most of it is learning the proceedures for various problems. Here everything is remote, and we are advised against asking the user to do anything. So it can be confusing, problems I could solve in a few minutes at home could take much longer, being as I must find out how to deal with that issue from my desk.
It doesn’t mean the job is especially hard, it just means there’s a lot to learn, though this does not come as a surprise to me. But the days fly by and I can’t believe its already Friday. Compare this to an easy job where I stare at a clock waiting to go home, and I find I am much better off.
The job dos consist of more driving than I thought it would. I’ve already driven more than 400 miles this week. This isn’t bad, I like driving if the traffic is light. Nothing better than cruising to some tunes on the road.
On the subject of tunes, one of my co-workers actually mixes his own techno, trance I believe. So I may have some cool new tunes to do all this travelling with.
Well, my blackberry is telling me that someone’s computer is busted. Gotta go fix it.
Zel-kun out.
Sabrejack | 10-Feb-06 at 12:44 pm | Permalink
You may be interested in buying an SDIO or compact flash GPS card and software for your PDA, turn it into a navigation system. Extremely handy for the road warrior, and the card is less than $100 on average.
Zel-kun | 10-Feb-06 at 2:14 pm | Permalink
I’m thinking of getting a new PDA altogether. Shiny new PDA’s with GPS and phone built in… I was looking at them while in the phone shop getting my company cell activated. Uses a pocket windows OS, I’m thinking that’s what I’m going to be wanting.
Sabrejack | 11-Feb-06 at 5:05 pm | Permalink
Just make sure it’s a real satellite-based GPS and not the kind that works off the cell towers — the latter does not work in analogue-only services areas (e.g. the boonies).
shinimitsukai | 12-Feb-06 at 10:12 am | Permalink
Sounds like you’re definitely having a lot of fun. After all, why work if you’re not going to have fun doing it?
David N. Scott | 13-Feb-06 at 1:25 pm | Permalink
Yea, I used to work at an extremely high pressure department at NCM: it was really hard, but the day was over in a flash, so I was jiggy with it. Nothing like being busy to make the weekend come fast…