Working @ Canesta
So I'm still delayed from working at my employer, MEC Dynamics, which means another week or two of contract/temp work. After having two days off, I got the opportunity to work on a project for Canesta.
Canesta, for those who don't know, is a fairly large company that designs and manufactures cameras. Their products are sensory cameras, which means, for example, their cameras will be used in mobile phones where it can see you type on a virtual keyboard or, currently, in cars such as BMW that senses how close a car is on front of you (and allows the card to adjust it's speed).
My experience was able to land me a contract job with them because of my database experience. I was requested to create and build a heirarchy that links all of the parts to flowchart that hyperlinks basically. For a job that was expected to be done in 2-3 days was done in a matter of hours by me.
The result was positive, as my supervisor was so impressed (and also probably not so impressed with my poorly assembled sandwich I brought for lunch) that he said he's going to take me out to lunch on Thursday!
With a company this big also means that they have a pretty workable budget. I've already logged in two extra overtime hours and it's been okayed by HR! I couldn't even do that at MEC!
Work life here is also pretty nice with a company that has money. Their kitchen is always stocked with cannisters of nuts, chocolate, fish cheddar chips, soda, lots. I was told to help myself to the food also!
It's also interesting, being now it's 7:06, that there's people STILL working in here. People seem to work round the clock here, perhaps they don't have a whole lot to do outside of work? The only reason why I'm still here is because I can use the extra hours and also the project I have, I know, would not be done if I didn't finish another chunk. TOmorrow's chunk of information will be taking a huge part of my day.
I ended up getting lost in the maze of cubicles, very much like a mouse in a maze. I was walking from making copies and was so lost in thought that I ended up making a wrong turn, and end up being lost. Not wanting to ask directions, I tried to make my way back to my cubicle. Eventually I did, but until I found that most of the cubicles were empty. One could play hide and seek here!
Canesta, for those who don't know, is a fairly large company that designs and manufactures cameras. Their products are sensory cameras, which means, for example, their cameras will be used in mobile phones where it can see you type on a virtual keyboard or, currently, in cars such as BMW that senses how close a car is on front of you (and allows the card to adjust it's speed).
My experience was able to land me a contract job with them because of my database experience. I was requested to create and build a heirarchy that links all of the parts to flowchart that hyperlinks basically. For a job that was expected to be done in 2-3 days was done in a matter of hours by me.
The result was positive, as my supervisor was so impressed (and also probably not so impressed with my poorly assembled sandwich I brought for lunch) that he said he's going to take me out to lunch on Thursday!
With a company this big also means that they have a pretty workable budget. I've already logged in two extra overtime hours and it's been okayed by HR! I couldn't even do that at MEC!
Work life here is also pretty nice with a company that has money. Their kitchen is always stocked with cannisters of nuts, chocolate, fish cheddar chips, soda, lots. I was told to help myself to the food also!
It's also interesting, being now it's 7:06, that there's people STILL working in here. People seem to work round the clock here, perhaps they don't have a whole lot to do outside of work? The only reason why I'm still here is because I can use the extra hours and also the project I have, I know, would not be done if I didn't finish another chunk. TOmorrow's chunk of information will be taking a huge part of my day.
I ended up getting lost in the maze of cubicles, very much like a mouse in a maze. I was walking from making copies and was so lost in thought that I ended up making a wrong turn, and end up being lost. Not wanting to ask directions, I tried to make my way back to my cubicle. Eventually I did, but until I found that most of the cubicles were empty. One could play hide and seek here!
posted by Jimmy Smooth | Monday, July 24, 2006
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