Its been a while and finally glad to be updating my blog at last. Gonna give a fairly brief post of what I've been up to the last 2 weeks along with how the first day of my work went...today was also neat but Monday was so much better.
So for starters I put in my 2 weeks notice about well...2 weeks ago and received a fairly quick response asking why I was quitting...was it money, work environment, co-workers... It would be a little bit of each column but unfortunately my main boss was a bit off point. The main reason I wished to leave was due to opportunities of growth...CMI didn't offer it and well that would just stunt my current and future growth for a good bit. He understood the limitation and I began my departure KT sessions...there's certain things that couldn't honestly be KTed... my knowledge of writing macros, detailed information of how MasterCard transactions work, multitude of TSYS screens...there was a good bit. None the less I think I did a fairly good job and based on the past 2 days with no phone calls... it seems the team is doing alright without me. The last day I must admit was filled with a lot of emotions running through my system which I wasn't able to completely filter out till Saturday after I left due to everyone's schedules and timings. None the less now looking at it and being thrown into a much larger pond where I'm a bit more appreciated for my ability to adapt quickly I'm quite happy...
Which brings me to my first day at CarMax...on my first day I got there fairly early and was meet by my bosses boss and given a brief overview (for probably the 3rd time) as to task I would be attending to. I confirmed with him my understanding and he soon introduced me to one of my bosses / team members... There's no actually 'bosses' but more so people with different levels of experience on each team in different roles. Its a bit odd but I actually prefer it that way. Another neat fact there's only about 1,000 people at the facility. In either case this began the first day of application and theory.
So after the daily 9 o'clock meeting I was taken into a room and taught on a high level what tables and data bases I would be modifying. He was a bit surprised how much I understood/absorbed on the first day and was able to ask him questions going 'beyond the basics'. I swear based on the amount of praise I received I would have loved a scratch behind the ear or a pat on the head...not from him of course but another individual that would be more favorable. After which we went through the "Order Entry" which is basically the process CarMax does to enter information when you purchase a vehicle then to lunch.
Think the only main benefit of the cafeteria is the infinite fries...unfortunately there cold so I don't plan to exercise it much...I'll most likely just eat lunch at my desk and listen to my MP4 player...not much time for that now a days lol. After lunch there was more KTing relating to Order Entry and at about 3ish I was left to do what I wanted and spent the rest of the time studying...overall a great day.
The rest of the evening was pretty basic though I haven't had much sleep recently (as usually) due to adjusting to the new schedule. Honestly I should be sleeping right now but I wanted to make sure to take care of my blog. Anywho my plans for Wednesday got canceled so I'm going to use that day to either catch up on sleep or do something utterly random to screw up my sleep schedule further. Anywho I'm off to bed nite.
P.S: I miss blogging
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