Working!

In this post, I attempt to talk about the fact that I've started work, while attempting to be nondescript about what it is I do. I assure you there is a good reason behind this.

 

A view of my walk to the office.

I actually started working back on Tuesday. My Tuesday, at least. My office is about a twenty minute walk from my hotel; which is fantastic. I haven't had a commute I could walk since high school, which led to me forgetting how nice of a ramp-up / cool-down period of time it is (vs driving ten minutes while sucking on coffee and listening to two and a half songs).

View from near the hotel.

I'm quite lucky that the group of guys I've been placed with are fantastic. They all spent quite some time preparing me for my first meeting with our boss; who I came to find is very... exacting with his language. Not a bad trait, but one that has you called out when you incorrectly use "amount" vs "number". I actually think that I've got more an appreciation for his correct use of language than most... I'm just not in the position where anyone else I talk to regularly would tolerate a lecture on "would" vs "could", ect. 

In the absence of my computer (it hasn't been delivered yet) - I've been pouring over Svechin readings. Svechin, if you haven't had the pleasure, was a Russian / Soviet strategist, who wrote the book on strategy (cleverly named, Strategy). Again, it's something that I am finding guilty pleasure in. In another life, I'm a history buff, I'm sure.

I haven't been able to stray far from the hotel yet (hence the somewhat less exciting pictures). I know this coming week I'll be attending an orientation to Japanese culture, that includes a tour. I'll also very likely just stick myself out there this weekend (either informally, or with one of the tour groups that does stuff periodically). So look forward to that; I am!