Having Fun

Hey, thought I would give a quick update on what’s going on. I’m having lots of fun at work. I’ve got some awesome bosses. They are real cool and down to earth. Lately I’m doing a lot of documentation, but I’m pretty much almost done so I just need to get it translated to French (sure I am French but I’m not to good when it comes to translating).

Today there was some big orientation meeting for all the students employed at Public Works. It was pretty interesting. I got to listen to some computer security guy lash out at the students (threatening to use Trojan Horse Viruses on them) and trying to scare them into doing anything. Big chances are this guy was a big outcast when he was growing up. And I’m sure now he’s trying to be all and mighty now that he has a position that “matters” (according to his words).

Also after the orientation thing there was a “student forum” set up where a bunch of us students got together with the “student champion” (how cool would it be to have that title… basically its some guy with an other job that does this for fun to lead the students and such) at some pub. We socialized and talked about fun activities we could all do during our 4 month stay (for most of us). Also I met some pretty cool people.

Any ways that’s about all I’ve got to say. I will be posting up some new pictures of where I work some time soon. I’ve got them, I’m just a little lazy to put them on my PC that’s all.

The Apartment

Well it’s been a week now and I realized I should talk about my apartment. Its location is pretty sweet. I’m real close to anything really. About 50 minute walk to work. We usually take the bus in the morning but walk back after work.

We got to talk to the neighbors the other day after some joker decided to pull the fire alarm. They seem like some nice people. It’s mostly quiet around here (you can usually hear if someone’s walking by the apartment building outside). So I guess Val really did her homework on this one.

There’s a bit of a weird smell when you walk in but I’m guessing it’s because of the cats that use to live here. I’m hoping the smell goes away soon. Other then that the only thing that isn’t all that fun about the apartment would be the kitchen. It’s small, it’s old… eww.

Well I got a diagram of the apartment made with Visio and a bunch of photos to accompany it posted up in my photos section (my MSN Space) so feel free to check them out if you want to see what it looks like. The diagram isn’t totally accurate but it helps place yourself in the photos.

First Day

Well the first day at the job was good. I didn’t really do much productive stuff today, but what do you expect, it’s the first day. It was more something along the lines of a preparation day. I installed all the software that I needed to do my job and filled forms for accounts I needed for certain things (since I guess we don’t have tech support to do those things for us).

Other then that, I got the “Security Access Pass” I needed. And for the rest of the day one of my bosses introduced me to the stuff they were doing (real vaguely). I guess tomorrow they plan on showing me lots more. Also he got me to just look around at the code try and figure out the syntax of things.

I don’t think I can really tell much more. I know they want me to keep certain things confidential (obviously), but I’m not really sure what fits in that category so I just say anything else. Since what I told you isn’t really useful, I think I’m safe for now :P.

All I know is I have lots to learn and they plan on teaching me quite a few things, so I’m really looking forward to getting to it.