Work

[iago]

I just finished my third week at Great White North (www.gwn.ca).

I have to say, it's an awesome job.  Although PHP/MySQL development isn't my thing, I still enjoy doing it.  The work is challenging and rewarding and we get to see results (ie, get feedback from clients) almost immediately. 

Here are some points about the job:

- It's a small company.  I can think of 11 people there, including myself, but I could be off by a couple. 
- Everybody's amazingly friendly.  Everybody talks and laughs and shoots elastics at each other over walls.  It's an amazing atmosphere
- My friend started there yesterday, so now it's even more fun.
- On Fridays we get to drink beer and go home early.  I normally work 8:30 - 5.  At 3:30 my boss put a bottle of beer on my desk and told me to stop working.  At 4:00, he told me (and everybody) to go home. 
- It's within biking distance, which is always good.
- I get to have Linux on my workstation
- I get to (in fact, I'm practically required to) listen to music.  They complained when I didn't bring headphones the first day. 

So yeah, 3 weeks in and I've got an awesome job.  Just what I wanted coming out of University. 

[Newby]

Lucky bastard. :(

[iago]

MS may get free pop, but we get free pizza and beer.  GG

[igimo1]

MS may get free pop, but we get free pizza and beer.  GG

Bet it comes out of your paycheck, and you never know! ;)

[Ergot]

* Ergot envies you

[Sidoh]

Congratulations on landing a great job, iago.

[BigAznDaddy]

how much do you get paid?

[Joe]

Hm, iago never struck me as a beer drinker. I'm guessing you're the kind of "drink but don't get smashed" people?

[AntiVirus]

Hm, iago never struck me as a beer drinker. I'm guessing you're the kind of "drink but don't get smashed" people?

He's just responsible. :)

Anyways, I am glad to hear that your job is working out great for you Ron. :)

[Quik]

MS may get free pop, but we get free pizza and beer.  GG

1. You shouldn't eat pizza so much if you're trying to be in shape.
2. This coming from the guy who hates the taste of beer.

I get free soda at work, unlimited supply, but I've told myself I have 1 a day, max. So now I just have water and use my free food discount whenever.

[iago]

So much to answer! 

I get paid 38k/year, and I get a cheque twice/month.  so 38k/24/payperiod. 

I'm not a beer drinker, and I hate it, but when your boss hands it to you then why not?  One doesn't hurt.  It seems rude to not drink it. 

And I actually didn't eat any pizza, I rode my bike to a little eatery that I've never heard of  (I was exploring :)) and got a salad+gyro.  It was friggin' awesome.  I drink _a lot_ of water at work.  Probably 3-4 liters (3-4 quarts)/day. 

Which is actually a neat point.  For lunch yesterday (Friday) I wanted something different.  So I got on my bike, pointed myself in a random direction, and rode until I found a place I'd never heard of.  It was a little restaurant, the Garwood Grill I think.  They have mostly Greek-style food, and the staff there was fantastic.  On my way home from work I noticed another little place, although I forget what it's called.  I think I'll go down there next Friday :)

[CrAz3D]

MS may get free pop, but we get free pizza and beer.  GG

FREE BEER & PIZZA!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?
.....and this place is in Canada you say?