First day: done, complete with goofy-ass picture ID.
Not quite what I had expected, but amazing nonetheless.I woke up around 6:30a.m., just to ensure that I was fully awake by the time I rolled into work. I had planned to go to bed around midnight, but that didn't happen. The site ended up coming back online around 12:15, so I spent some time doing some tweaking so that the spam-overload wouldn't happen again.
Anyway, woke up, showered, got dressed in my finery and headed to work, which took all of 7 minutes. I love living close to work.
Most of the day was spent getting all the interns on board. They had presentations on harassment, acceptable use as well as motivational speeches and talks about the history of the company. We filled out all of the paperwork as a group then broke for lunch with our respective managers.
My manager is really cool, and we all know how harsh of a judge of character I can be. He's an OSU alum, so we shot the shit about the beavs and talked about nerdy stuff as well. Cool shit.
Turns out there were over 12,000 applicants and only 140 got accepted for all the positions (marketing, buisiness, design, IT, etc) -- that made me feel pretty special. I felt really special when I got my name-badge with my picture on it, as well as (what I think to be) an RFID tracking tag. scary.
I'm going to be working in the same building as the CEO of the company. One floor below. Pretty crazy stuff.
But yeah, the first day was just an overview of the company, we didn't even really talk about what we'd be doing. I felt like I've been a little bit brainwashed -- I had such harsh perceptions of the company, but in reviewing the motivations of the founders, I found myself kind of inspired. Plus, they gave me some free swag. Can't beat that.
my *real* first day starts tomorrow -- more to come as it unfolds. I love you all...
Also, comments should be back up -- comment the shit out of the site.
I,m fresh off the airplane and back in the U.S.S.A., talk to soon fruitcake.
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