h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

I was hired by the company I interviewed with this morning. I start om monday 22-12-1999. I can hardly wait to tackle this new challenge. I will leave the public eye and only work with computer professionals. This is something of a dream come true.

Congrats, Marv. Do you know what the benefits package is like?

Yup, fairly consistant with the usual stuff we see around here. I will be getting very vaulable training though.

What kind of work will you be doing?

Tech support for a major network hardware firm.

Ooo, a major hardware firm. Sounds like a big time position. What does tech support actually entail? Hardare? Programming?

Trouble shooting bad hardware. Firmware updates. Configuration. Ask me againg in three weeks and I will have a lot more to tell you. I will be working with the big routers etc. that all of our isp's use.

Whoa, sounds like a cool job. Very well, then, I'll ask again in three weeks.

I sinceirly (I can't bloody spell I know) hope that this is the best thing to ever happen to my carrer. If I can learn all that this company can teach me, I will be worth a fortune to any large network. I will be working toward becoming a specialist in the Pix firewall (yup that's right now you can figure out which company I will work for).

I am unable to figure out where you work. I have never heard of the Pix firewall, but then, I'm not much of a hardware guy and don't have much experience with that sort of thing.

I will be working for Cisco Systems. They make routers and firewalls etc.

Cisco. OK, that's pretty big.

Must be exciting. I'll bet Dec. 22 just can't get here fast enough. Hey, you get to begin your new job just in time to take a well deserved break for Christmas, don't you?

It is actually dec 20 but yah my timing rocks.

Maybe you'll even get a Christmas bonus. After all, you'll have made it all the way to Christmas and you won't have used any of your sick days.

I had a xmas bonus from the bank allready. I will get a little hollliday pay as well.

Cripes. The next time I change jobs, it's going to be right before Christmas. Too sweet.

I kinda thought it was good timing.