Today was my first full day at Secure-24, and it seems like it is going to be a good place to work. My hope to hit the ground running wasn’t as fruitful as I had planned though. The environment in which the company operates is pretty locked down, which I understand the need for. However, this makes for a lot of jumping through hoops in order to connect to the desired systems where work needs to happen. This means there are also many accounts that need to be configured to allow the appropriate access, and all of mine have not been set up yet. Hopefully over the next few days things will get straightened out. From what I can tell so far working here is going to be an entirely new experience from what I am used to. I already see a lot of exciting challenges and opportunities to learn new skills and improve on existing ones!
Monthly Archives: October 2012
A Marriage made in Hell
Nothing like a wedding at a little chapel in Hell to start out your new life! Congratulations to Dann and April on their day! Though the weather was dreary and rainy the day was great! it started out with a nice reception lunch at their apartment club house and then moved to Hell for the ceremony. I have to say it was probably the most unusual wedding ceremony that I have been to, but it was extremely fitting and appropriate for Dann and April, and we wish them a lifetime of happiness!
It’s a Circus
Tomorrow is Dann and April’s wedding, so tonight we got together with them and a few of their other friends and went to Circus Bar in Ann Arbor for some karaoke and drinks. Considering that Melissa and I pretty much never go out to bars or clubs, this was a really fun time for us. Watching Dann perform is always a blast, and the general atmosphere was a lot of fun. In addition to the bar, in the basement there is also another club called the Cavern Club that we also checked out. I guess in the same building there are also two other clubs, but they weren’t opened tonight. there’s a lot to do in that one area, and not surprisingly we had never been there before. Perhaps one day Melissa and I will venture out that way once again.
A New Begining
My first day at Secure-24 was a typical slow orientation day. Spending the better part of 8 hours in a training room and going through procedures is about as fun as it sounds. There were only two other people in my orientation group; Brian is joining the project management team, and Patti is joining the storage team. I’ll be working more closely with Patti as the backup and storage team work together and report up through the same manager, and our desk areas are right next to each other. I will say that it was nice to see that the facilities team had everything together. We got our badges, our desks, and our laptops and bags all on the first day. At the end of the day we went and spent about 1.5 hours with our teams, meeting everyone and setting up our desks. I opted to configure my desk to be a standing desk, and am looking forward to it. I have the rest of the week off, but now that corporate training and orientation is over I’ll be able to hit the ground running!
Last Day, Technically
Today was my last day at Truven and it was a lot easier than expected. This is mainly due to the fact that my manager had me not even come in to the office, but rather we all just met up for lunch at Ichiban. I have to admit, I am going to miss those lunches as Ichiban is a great place to eat, especially when it is free! In all seriousness though yesterday was a long day of saying goodbye to people I have spent the better part of seven years working with. I am sure I will keep in touch with some of them, especially Chuck, but it’s still hard to say goodbye. I am still very excited though and looking forward to the new adventure!