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remedy for visto
this month i stopped whining about being discontent at work and changed jobs.
then for my week off, i whined about taking a new job. i just can’t win.
this was an email for someone particular,
but i’m too lazy to revisit this.
today i attended new-hire orientation class, Remedy 101, taught by the
CEO, HR VP, Marketing VP, and some high engineering muckety, gives a
well-calculated small company feeling. i was entertained along with
20 other new hires with all day corporate training, company history,
and culture info. a few newbies asked pointed questions about the
stock price which made the CEO grin and bear it.
cross section indicates Remedy hires some sharp cookies. You may have
seen my No Bozo sticker pinned to my cube wall? Apple started
their No Bozo campaign when average IQ at Infinite Loop had been
lowered significantly in very early 90s. Bozo the clown eventually
sued Apple successfully for using his name in vain. The clown
won where Carl Sagan tried and failed. Remedy official written
policy is “Hire only people who are as smart as you are, or
smarter.” I have a laminated card to remind me during interviews.
i get $2K-$5K for recommending a hire. you interview here and i
split it with you.
met a cool ex-UNIX programmer who is in her second week as roving
all-OS genius tech support, despite no degree from her Iowa alma
matter because of the 70s drugs and sex and rock’n’roll she
partook instead of class. Remedy tech support sits in Pleasanton.
:-( She laughed out loud when i spoke of “my third freshman year.”
i told her i wrote her name in my notes for future reference,
and she said she liked me too.
i ate only veggie pasta and a guac-and-stuff-and-sprout sandwich
in honor of the vegetarians at Visto, and drank a mountain dew
in honor of my fatigue. Remedy has a locker room with a shower
for healthy biking to work. Remedy break rooms fiendishly offer
free soda, juice, and food to thwart my slim girlish figure
[sic]; my mentor warned me about the Remedy-10, but i think i
gained it twice already working at Visto.
finally scored an office with a window and door again, like a
real human being instead of veal in a fattening pen. whilst
daydreaming i’ll be overlooking a patch of green delimited
by bushes and trees and a parking lot.
my office-mate was the invisible woman; perhaps she'll make
herself known tomorrow. her desk holds up computers by Sun
and Dell. Perhaps mine will too.
they didn't have any computers for me, because 2/3 of the
corporate email was down, and some stupid MIS drone thought
email was more important than my workstation. maybe i need
to look for another job instead of this slipshod half-ass
operation. :-) yesterday my boss turned down [a slow machine
with lots of RAM] in the hand for [a fast machine with lots
of RAM] in the bush. i can dig it.
my desk holds many secrets. the previous occupant of my
office used a dell laptop that is missing its battery.
paperwork suggests he accessorized with a SCSI 4G hard
drive, and a Dell 17" monitor. he left a dozen ball
point pens, lots of MS development CD ROMs, and his
business cards, all of which i'm certain will be as
useful as the battery. somewhere a Jaz drive cries
for its SCSI adapter.
six feet of space next to the white board wants to
display either Thiebaud or Matt Groenig; but i
haven't decided.
very glad to have let VistoMatt
talk me into a fortnight between jobs. i was figuring out expander switches
for Briefcase Help in my sleep for five days after
writing my last line of code at Visto.
time for bed. this body is no longer used to going to
sleep against an alarm. eventually i get to set
my own hours, but right now my mentor says he’ll
arrive tomorrow at 8:15 am.
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