I don't know if I told you why I'm in Columbus, but we're here for our annual services meeting. That is, all the employees that do some sort of technical service for the organization comes together for meetings on stuff.

As most of you know, my company had just been aquired by Company X, so my job title has changed a bit, and I've had to learn the new product, and the learning curve has been a but slow for me. Today we had dinner with other people who have the same jobs, so I was able to meet some of my peers. In a couple weeks I'll be doing my first gig on my own, and I admit to being a bit nervous. I felt bad, but I spent most of dinner trying to suck as much information from my fellow coworkers as I could, trying to see how they do their jobs and what their processes were. Everyone has their own way of doing things, so everything is open to my own interpretation. It's a bit unnerving, but at least I know that there are people I can go to who are more than willing to help me out and show me the ropes. Sure, it's trial by fire, but at least I have someone to go to if I have problems.

I'm in information overload - there is so much information that has been presented to me today, I almost wish I had a tape recorder to get everything down.

After dinner, Redpac called and said that the rest of the crew was meeting at the bar across the street from our hotel. (It kinda feels like camp with all of us 'remote' people staying at the hotel) I asked T-Bone to drop me off at the bar since he didn't feel like going out, then called Redpac from there. It's not often that I get to see these people (it will probably be once a year) so I want to spend as much time with them as I can. Unfortunately, Redpac disappeared into thin air - I calle him when I got to the bar, he said he was coming by, then he never came, nor did he answer my calls. I was the lone ex-X-systems person representing Chicago at the bar. *sighs* Called Redpac when I got back to my room, still no answer. Knocked on his hotel door, no answer.

I hope he's ok.

Hopefully, it's a minor case of food poisoning and he's just being jerky and not answering his phone.

Hopefully he didn't get kidnapped, or even worse, so drunk during dinner that he passed out.

Hmm. Passing out. Sounds like a good idea.

Goodnight all.

Posted by Yano at January 20, 2005 11:18 PM

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