Clocking on again

Rich's extended vacation came to end today and he is once again part of the rat race (dammit!).

He was actually offered the job way back in January but had to wait for some extensive background checks to be completed before the contracts could be signed.

Alas, with the due diligence completed he is now a Senior Software Engineer at a Spendvision. A NZ based company that provides a web based platform for businesses to manage and report on all their transactions and finances. This involves a lot of financial data, hence the thorough background checks. The work is going to be both interesting and challenging, with LOTS to learn and he is looking forward to getting stuck in.

It is however going to be a bit of a shock to the system; returning to a 9 to 5 after approximately 2 months sans portfolio. To be honest, he felt quite ambivalent when receiving the news of his start date. Glad to be earning money and gainfully employed again, but will definitely miss his recent freedom.

However, it's not all bad....

Warning: This may make you sick!

It looks like Spendvision is going to be a pretty sweet place to work:

• A congratulations cake on arrival
• A fridge stocked with soda, beer and wine (all FREE)
• Free coffee, tea, milk, crisps, chocolate
• Free fruit
• Flat screen TV with Sky including Sky Sports - Premier League with your breakfast!
• Wii, XBox and table tennis in the rec room
• Not only allowed to listen to music at your desk, but provided with iTunes too!
• A casual dress code; wears shorts and flip flops if you so wish
• A NERF gunfor relieving any tension
• Drinks and food EVERY Friday at 4pm
• Bone china crockery for heavens sake!
• With the office 5 mins walk from the train station, the total commute, door to door, is 40 minutes. So nice not to drive!!

And on a more technical level for the geeks...

• Software As A Service platform using ASP.NET MVC
• Agile development using SCRUM; with Monday's stand up in the local coffeehouse :0)
• Test Driven Development
• Regular training scheduled throughout the year

All in all a pretty nice place to work, just a shame Rich does not eat chocolate bars, crisps or soda!

PS. I'm not quite sure what the cake said as it was cut while I was on lunch; this was how much was left when I got back - they like their cake at Spendvision! Just managed to get a piece and damn tasty it was too.