No Way I Can Be Corrupted Now
My solution for day 1 of being more bored than usual at Microsoft was addressed by doing some of the mandatory online training that I hadn’t completed yet. In this case, it was things like anti-harassment and anti-corruption training. While I could have just sat at my desk without wearing speakers and clicked next occasionally to get through everything, I did actually watch them. I guess if I fall victim to corruption after today, Microsoft will have to reevaluate just how (in)effective those videos are.
Tomorrow is a “ship party” for Windows 7 (even though it went RTM two weeks ago and doesn’t officially get released until October), but apparently that’s just how teams at Microsoft do things. Basically, this solves my no work dilemma by entertaining me for most of the afternoon and preventing me from realizing how bored I would otherwise be. I guess I did choose a really unique time to join Microsoft, as I’ve been getting to celebrate the end of work that I had no involvement with at all, but I still get invited to all the parties.
Now that sounds like a perfect job description….play contests I can dominate, train as much or little as I want, and go to parties celebrating work I didn’t have to do.
Hehe, enjoy these times now; I have a feeling Microsoft will get their moneysworth!