Today I finished by second day of work. The first day I spent in orientation, signing papers and learning procedures. I was supposed to be taken out to lunch with my supervisor, but none of the HR people I was with could find him. Eventually, I just left for an hour and stopped at the first place I could find. I went to a Hardy's, thinking it was an Arby's, but it was still tasty.

After lunch, I was taken to another building to get my ID badge and parking pass. Every single door (with the exception of bathrooms) is locked 24 hour a day, and needs an ID to get unlocked. It seems cool until you have to go to the bathroom, pick something up in the office, go to the lab, print something out to the office, and go back to the lab. The novelty wears off quickly.

Speaking of the office, there are only a few actual offices in the R&D area. I share a cubicle with a new hire, but they are pretty large, so it isn't so bad. The bad part is I have an empty desk without a computer or phone. When I have nothing to do I literally have nothing to do. Today I wandered around asking what people were doing, and listening to them talk. The subject is interesting, but there are so many acronyms it is easy to get lost. One guy was explaining to me what MTF was for about half an hour. It wasn't until he was done talking that I was told what MTF stands for. (modulation transfer function for those that are interested) Even without much to do I worked from 8:15am to 6:00pm, mostly waiting for people to finish meetings.

It is now 10pm and I should be sleeping in order to get a nice 8 hr rest, so good night all.

Haha, MTF makes me think sheetz.. even though theirs is MTO. Hopefully you'll have a phone/computer today.
» ikimashokie on 2007-05-23 10:48:21

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