Well the first day is over. It's been a very long two days. seems more like a week. Flew from Spokane to St Paul to Columbus. Met a couple of other techs from Spokane about 10 minutes into the flight out of spokane sitting right behind me. Oh yeah, for those of you who don't know whats going on with me....
About two months ago i responded to a job post on Craigslist for a spokane tech needed just for one weekend for the Chase-Washington Mutual Conversion. After a bit of paperwork and phone interviews i had it all set up. One day of going to a WaMu branch on Division to sit on my hands for 9 hours and work for 20 minutes.
They pay was pretty good and a job is a job.
A couple weeks later the same recruitment company e-mailed me to see if i was interested in being a lead tech and working for a longer term. After several phone interviews and planning and coordinating and confirming many things I got the job (which i still didnt really know what it was.... or for how long....) in Columbus, Ohio. So Tuesday i got my flight information, Wednesday I flew out. We all caught up now?
So the first day is over and i learned a lot more about what is going on. I am going to be working in one of the main Chase offices here in Columbus with as a help desk technician. The main job is the one weekend changeover July 24, 25, and 26. I will be in charge of 3-5 branches, communicating with the lead technicians and managers there if any problems arise and to monitor their status for my higher-ups. So yeah, im that cool....
Which leads me to my next point... Being cool.
I've always kinda prided myself on being nerdy, well, not so much nerdy but just good at what i do. Dave is knowledgeable as well, and so is Jared and Jerrod. But They are also proper human beings, you know, with people skills. My fellows here are somewhat lacking in the social skills department. Out of 149 people in training today, 2 were female. And the rest just seemed to all have that certain 'Trekiness' about them.
Anyway, i havent gotten much sleep lately and its almost 11 here. got to be up early to catch the shuttle into work.
Out for now,
Jeff
