Day 1, XYZ, Inc.

Some key points from Day 1 of training:

- Our front desk has security guards
- EVERYONE badges in; no piggybacks
- I have a real badge that WORKS -- and a nifty PIN to get into the secure area of the building
- There is on-site food and a cafeteria
- There is a lounge for our project
- Our project makes TONS of money
- Our customers act in a professional manner 99% of the time
- I have benefits
- I have three weeks of PAID vacation (pro-rated, but still)
- I can be sick for a week and not get fired
- Being a student at ITT does NOT make you the smartest kid in the room
- Cash/other bonuses are paid for high performance
- Bonuses are paid in a very timely manner
- There is an entire department that makes sure we get paid correctly -- and on time
- Doing your job well will lead to promotion
- There is ACTUAL ROOM FOR ADVANCEMENT if you apply yourself
- We don't have a ghettofabulous parking lot
- I remembered way more about Active Directory, Domain Controllers and Windows NT 2000 than I should
- I can school ITT boy -- even with no voice and while coughing up big, green chunks of goo

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In other news....

- New Powerbook battery works like a charm
- Cassie is adjusting to her new home
- Roscoe is the slowest pooper ever
- Roscoe did a great job of keeping gophers away @ the old place; now there are two mounds
- My Betta, Pig, has now lived in four different locations and recently turned 2 (they're supposed to live 6 months...)
- Battery almost drained and ready for calibration
- Time for bed anyway!