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April 14, 2003

Born In The USA

Well I made it. The flight here was pleasantly uneventful and I had an enjoyable weekend meeting with friends and going grocery shopping. It has rained every day since I got here. I guess that's just something I have to get used to.

Today was my first day of my career. Most of it was spent in the new employee orientation, which was pretty boring. There were about 50 new hires who attended, and we sat and listened to presentations about technologies, benefits and employee perks. Then the surprise speaker showed up: Bill Gates. The room buzzed with excitement as he calmly walked on stage. He welcomed us to the company, gave a quick speech and then fielded questions (no, I didn't get to ask mine).

After the orientation, I was introduced to my team and shown to my office (which I share with another teammate). I'm excited to start work, which is a good thing according to my manager, because he has lots for me to do.

00:00 | Work

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