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Last week I handed in my resignation to NDY. If you've read some of my previous posts you'll know that earlier this year I wasn't the happiest camper at work, and during that time I sent out a lot of applications for other companies. However, before I left for America things were shaping up. I was going to a new awesome project, and the company was beginning to improve the HR systems and develop more of a focus on looking after the employees. However, I got this offer after getting back from my trip, and weighing it up I think it's a good idea. It's with Aurecon and I'll be working in their resources and manufacturing division (basically mining and other things that involve very large, powerful and complex machines). They pay is rather good, but more importantly it'll give me a chance to try out all the control and instrumentation stuff I did back at uni (my thesis title was "Frequency Weighed Model Reduction in Closed Loop Controller-Plant Systems") and see what the resources gig is like. I spent most of my vacation work at NDY before I joined them as a grad, so I've never really experienced anything else but building services. I figure I should give this a shot while it's still easy for me to move between industries, and Aurecon does some pretty awesome things like volunteer work overseas, support in accreditation with Eng Australia. I'm going to stick around here until the end of the year then start with them at the beginning of next year.
I've got about six week left with NDY, and most of it will just be closing out projects and helping other engineers. We don't really get new projects this late in the year, and even if we did I wouldn't be around long enough to make a substantial dent in them. There are also a lot of social events to look forward to. There's our Christmas lunch, our end of year dinner (this year it's at the WA State Theatre), our electrical section lunch (I'm trying to talk our team assistant to doing high tea instead of lunch, it'll be swankier and last a lot longer), plus a few other different things. All in all it'll be a good end to the year and a relaxing depart from NDY. I'm very much going to miss my awesome coworkers but I'm sure I'll be able to stay in touch with them and seem them often enough.
Since I end on Dec 21st and start my new job on Jan 16th, it does afford me about three and a half weeks off. I'm thinking about what to do in that time. I can't really do anything too expensive since I've blown a lot of cash on the America trip. I'd probably do something in the second week of Jan and was thinking:
a) Going to Melbourne and crashing with friends.
b) Going down south for a few days (anyone interested in coming along?)
c) Getting a cheap package holiday to Bali (again, anyone want to join me?)
Meh, I'll think about it over the next few weeks.
Ooh, I bought myself a Galaxy S2. I've never owned a smartphone and it's terribly useful/addictive. Having maps and my calendar on hand makes things easier. The game apps are pretty distracting (I can now see why Angry Birds is so popular). Anyone have recommendations of apps I should get?
I've got about six week left with NDY, and most of it will just be closing out projects and helping other engineers. We don't really get new projects this late in the year, and even if we did I wouldn't be around long enough to make a substantial dent in them. There are also a lot of social events to look forward to. There's our Christmas lunch, our end of year dinner (this year it's at the WA State Theatre), our electrical section lunch (I'm trying to talk our team assistant to doing high tea instead of lunch, it'll be swankier and last a lot longer), plus a few other different things. All in all it'll be a good end to the year and a relaxing depart from NDY. I'm very much going to miss my awesome coworkers but I'm sure I'll be able to stay in touch with them and seem them often enough.
Since I end on Dec 21st and start my new job on Jan 16th, it does afford me about three and a half weeks off. I'm thinking about what to do in that time. I can't really do anything too expensive since I've blown a lot of cash on the America trip. I'd probably do something in the second week of Jan and was thinking:
a) Going to Melbourne and crashing with friends.
b) Going down south for a few days (anyone interested in coming along?)
c) Getting a cheap package holiday to Bali (again, anyone want to join me?)
Meh, I'll think about it over the next few weeks.
Ooh, I bought myself a Galaxy S2. I've never owned a smartphone and it's terribly useful/addictive. Having maps and my calendar on hand makes things easier. The game apps are pretty distracting (I can now see why Angry Birds is so popular). Anyone have recommendations of apps I should get?