May 27, 2009
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I'm Working on It
For those readers who are not stalking me day and night, let me announce that I have a new job. It's with the government, and I unfortunately cannot tell you much more about it. Not because of government secrets or anything, but just because I have no idea what my job, in any sense, actually is. As of this writing, I have "worked" there two full days. I have not yet done a bit of work. In fact, I have not yet even been informed of what work I'll be doing. I haven't even been told how much I'll be getting paid. What I have been doing a lot of is reading back issues of Computerworld that a retired employee left at his desk. Other things that I can add to my current list of accomplishments is learn how the organization is organized, met several important people whose names are forgotten within minutes of meeting, and ingest a dangerously high number of complementary bagels and cream cheese. I also heard, for the first time in my professional career, the word "synergy" used. I always assumed this grotesque mutation of the human language was a business in-joke. It made for funny material, but was not actually used. I was wrong. One of the first papers I was given had emblazoned within one of the paragraphs. I'm trying to hope that I do not get relegated to the stratum of gofer, but the life of a pessimist is never easy. I'll keep you all posted. (Get it? Keeping you "posted" through blog posts? Fu fu fu~)
"Promote synergy (like a boss!)" - Like A Boss - The Lonely Island (ft. Seth Rogen)
Comments (2)
Hooray for the government. You wont be working for like a month.
Lol, that pic looks a lot like this one my boyfriend made when he was working at Vonage. They had Vonage logos on EVERYTHING so he put on a hat, jacket, sunglasses, etc. And was like "Vonage: Get da phone on your innanet n shit, yo" or something along those lines. It was quite amusing and just a testiment to the fact that they reallllly did no work there. XD