Posts Tagged Work
Too much racket!
Posted by jim in Uncategorized on October 8th, 2009
I hate silence. In fact, I would consider myself to be quiet phobic. So, its normal to find my surrounded by sound. TV, radio or any other background noise gets me through life. I’m not sure why the silence bugs me so much, but I find it hard to focus on anything other than the silence when it’s quiet.
Today is different. I would KILL for some silence today. Well… not TOTAL silence. Maybe just “less loud” would be good. For the third day in a row they are remodeling the office break room. My work time residence is directly on the other side of the wall they are working on. The best thing is when the WHOLE DAMN WALL rattles as they cut the copper pluming and the metal studs. You can feel the rattling in your chest. Its nerve racking.
I have two days before I start training a five and a half week new hire class, and I’m in crunch time. This distraction is even a bit much for me to ignore. Not even Lamb of God cranked up to eleven in my headphones can drown it out.
Uber Busy
Posted by jim in Uncategorized on August 17th, 2009
Man, the work just keeps coming. Today is the first day that I’m going to try giving up Firefox while at work. I have to use IE for work related stuff, but Firefox is my time killer. No iGoogle. No 49er news. No yelp. Just work.
How did I make this posts you ask? From my iPhone during a break.
Ok, back to work and being a dull boy.
I feel so official!
Posted by jim in Uncategorized on July 10th, 2009
They updated my info in Outlook to match my new job position. Awesome! I know! I know… I’m a nerd. So sue me!
You got the job buddy!
No, not you. ME! I got the job. I’m pretty fired up right now. The job starts effect July 1st. There shouldn’t be a big adjustment to the new job, because I’m currently doing the job in my cross training.
Good times!
Interview Over
I just got done with the interview. I think it went very well. I had them smiling, laughing, nodding their heads and agreeing with me. After my interview my manger pulled the whole team, sans me, into the conference room to discus the candidates.
So, here I sit all alone writing this blog.
Now it’s just a waiting game.
I got an interview
I just got an outlook meeting request for an interview for the training position on Monday the 8th. I’m excited. It’ll be a 3 person panel (My lead, manger and another manger from another training department) interview. Our new admin temp set up the appointment, so I’m not sure if there are more details. I’ll have to ask my manger when she is back tomorrow. The previous interviews required the interviewees to create a presentation. That should be easy to pull off. I just need to know if I need to build one.
Wish me luck!
Trying to move up
Posted by jim in Weight Loss, Work on May 3rd, 2009
I’ve been way busy at work. If you’ve been following me for a while you’ll know that I’ve been in a temporary position (Cross Training) at work in the Training and Development department as a eLearning Developer. I was originally only supposed to be working in that position for 6 months, but due to a job well down and budget cuts they extended my cross training for an additional 5 months.
The last 5 months of my cross training have transitioned to a more traditional stand up trainer. Its very different for me, but I think I’m doing a good job. Going from using Flash and Photoshop every day to writing lesson plans and other documentation is a huge change. Not AS fun, but still entertaining.
This transition is great for me, because the department finally got approval to post for the open full time position in the department. The position is a hybrid position. Its a traditional stand up trainer, as well as a eLearning or Multimedia developer. Sounds right up my ally, no?
So I feel the need to work extra hard. I feel like I need to prove myself that much more. I want this new position so bad I can taste it. I’ve even started learning CSS in my free time, so that way I can list that as something I’ve learned during my cross training.
My good buddy Jim (He used to be in a Nor Cal band called Doomfinger) gave me a link to a CSS tutorial that he learned CSS from. It’s a great tutorial. I followed this instructions and build this. OK ok… It’s kinda lame, but I had to start somewhere right? I know I don’t know CSS inside and out, but I think I have a good foundation to start. I think my next step is to build a full on janderson.net site using CSS.
A quick weight loss update… I gained weight last week, but that was expected. My birthday was on the 30th and I really didn’t give a damn. I ate nearly a whole pan of yellow cake with chocolate frosting. What do you expect if you leave me alone with the best cake in the world all day?!
So there you have it. This is why I’ve been neglecting my blog. I applied for the new job on Friday. My cross training ends on June 30th, and the new job starts July 1st. If I’m luck… I wont have to switch desks.
Wish me luck.