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About a week ago my contract with Snow ended and my new contract with
Unixerius took off. My friend and new boss Dirk had been making arrangements with $NEW-CLIENT a month in advance and so far things seems to be coming together. There's just a little more paperwork and a wad of political red tape to get through. If everything works out I'll start my new job on Monday.
It's nice to make a fresh start though. Slowly I've seen things gather that all imprint the idea in my head that, yes, this -is- something new and exciting!
Yesterday I got my first box of business cards. I've been buying new (and decent looking!) shirts the past few weeks. I got a stack of stationary with the company logo on it. And of course I also got a shiny, new company car. Hooray for that
Civic hybrid! /o/
Officially I spent my first week on the contract on paternity leave, to take care of Dana and Marli. This second week was spent on the clock, waiting for the paperwork to clear. And next week I'll finally be able to sink my teeth in! Rawr! ^_^
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This morning I had an appointment for an interview, seeing how I start a new job on October the first. I'd expected the interview to be over within an hour, meaning I'd be having lunch with Dirk (my new boss) around noon. Well, things turned out quite differently!
I met my old colleague Brendan (who's now a team lead for the group I'll be joining) around eleven. We had a nice chat and got reacquainted, feeling good about me joining the team. A little to twelve we went downstairs to meet with two of the project managers I'd be working with; just for a short chat. Well, this short "chat" turned into their weekly meeting which I was invited to join in on. It felt great to be helping out with the list of issues their client had given them, especially since I was treading old and familiar ground.
This weekly meeting turned out to be exactly as how I remembered the meetings to be at $COMPANY: needlessly long and focussing on anal details ^_^ We needed ninety minutes to go over thirty bullet points and then we still weren't finished :D
But seriously, the work sounds absolutely great and I'll be working in the near proximity of some old friends and acquaintances. I'm very much looking forward to this new assignment! Challenging work and an interesting work environment! Huzzah! /o/
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