Monday, February 07, 2005 - 11:59 PM PST
Had my first day of work today. Was pretty exciting, though nothing terribly remarkable happened. Spent the first half of the day in the new employee orientation session getting overwhelmed about resources, benefits, and tools, the torrent only partially mitigated by my having heard a large chunk of it before. It also included a motivational video starring Ballmer, who has an incredible amount of energy.
I then checked out my new office and spent most of the day mingling since my computer access won't be enabled 'till tomorrow. It was funny walking by some people I hadn't seen in 10 months and watch them turn around and do a double-take. "H-hey! It's you!" Unfortunately, the next step they usually took was to call security.
My new officemate wasn't in, though. We need to make some key decisions on office design. I'm going to have to remind her that this is a democracy now. I'm willing to fight in order to gain my right to vote.
Keeping Britney Spears posters off the walls are at stake, after all.