Still no word as to my fate...
Today is Wednesday, my third week of work, and I still don't have clarification as to where "officially" I am going to be stationed. One of the directors of my practice group (Business Intelligence) told me that he was working on getting me staffed in long island, but I have yet to hear from the project manager out there. After talking to a few people it has become obvious to me that I am going to need a rental car or I will be relegated to spending an hour and a half on the train every day as opposed to 35 minutes in a car. I just hope that it works out like that
For the past few days Laura and I have been working on getting the "cow" data ready to send out to her grandfather's ranch to assist them with sorting out which calves to keep and which ones to get rid of. It has been a trying process to say the least. In the next year, once I have learned a bit about database design and GUI design, I hope to be able to apply the massive amounts of data to a real database so as to make the annual "update" a non-issue. Hopefully , if what I have been told at work isn't a lie, that shouldn't be a problem.
Yesterday, for the first time, we got introduced to the CBT modules (computer based training) at work, so that is exciting. They have everything on there from managing your 401k to advanced JAVA development. I am just glad that they finally gave us access so as to let us start our "informal" training.
Last week I returned my ever flawed Treo 700p. I hated that thing. Granted, the Treo has some nice functions but my phone didn't work for shit. It constantly dropped calls and the internet hardly ever worked. I was totally sick of it, so I brought it back and got myself a "Crackberry". Functionally it works much better than the Treo, it just doesn't have that supper tech feel to it. I do enjoy that its super light and much smaller than the oddly shaped Treo. So as an experiment, I have been typing out this entry on my way to work to see how easy it is, and I have to say that besides the whole hunt and peck of the keys, its working out very well.
Anyway, its about time to get off the train and my fingers are getting a little numb, so I'll end it here.