VendAsta Rocks!
Well, this Friday caps off my first week at VendAsta Technologies Inc. I started on the Tuesday after the Family Day long weekend, and I have to say, this has probably been one of the most satisfying weeks of work I’ve had in years. I’ll take you through the scoop of what’s gone down in my first week.
Tuesday: Get new laptop (Dell XPS m1330); get 21″ wide-screen monitor; install necessary software (EVEMon, Opera, etc.); steal the CEO’s chair; give the CEO back his chair; build my own chair; watch new laptop suddenly stop booting; cry sad panda; get new laptop (Dell XPS m1530); smile appropriately; wipe away tears of joy.
Wednesday: Start writing HR “Welcome Guide” masterpiece (we’re a start up and I’m Employee #2, so I started documenting all my questions and answers); read over product backlogs of work that’s been done; wipe away tears of joy.
Thursday: Have an awesome meeting with some really smart people; read up on client’s requirements and newly discovered information; start work on simple Proof of Concept for dynamically generating forms based on underlying XML fragments; wipe away tears of joy.
Friday: Continue working on Proof of Concept; install MSDN documentation; write blog entry (so I can have a free beer at 3pm as per our Corporate Blogging Policy Amendment issued by Brendan King – an amendment I believe I can live with); wipe away tears of joy.
The tempo here is awesome. Really smart, self-motivated people, an organic team that naturally adapts to change, an awesome atmosphere and a super duper sense of empowerment. I actually have a say in how we approach things, what we should do, and how we should do it. I have a voice along with the voices of the other dozen or so members of VendAsta – something I’ve been craving at this point in my career. End Result: All I want to do is build awesome software that makes people go WOW!™
Are you craving the same things I was craving? Do you want to get in on the WOW!™ action? Good news – VendAsta’s hiring. Word on the street is that you should send a CV.
on February 23, 2008 on 6:50 pm
[...] week at VendAsta. Jason C and Kevin P spent the week working with Sybase in Waterloo and. Ryan B was up from Regina working with Allan, Guy, Ches and Dale (remotely from London). Jon took of to [...]