Today is my third day of work. I can already announce an accomplishment: I found my way to work without utilizing the map application of my smartphone. But let’s not get too enthusiastic, I still don’t know how to get to the gym, which is about 600m away from my work place. I DO know how to get to LIDL though, just so you know I have my priorities straight. „Familiarisation“ weiterlesen
The first working days
Yesterday we had our first working day in the IT department of the „ulster folk and transport museum“ in Belfast. Easily exited we were received from Robin Finlay the head of IT. He showed us directly the building and led us around. Furthermore he introduced us employees from the museum, showed us the datacenter and told us some interesting informations about the network. After that we met our colleagues. They both are very nice and hearty which I personally like. In the course of the previous day and today we had a few tasks done. For example installing a computer or adjust some codes of the website. So everything is totally relaxed like our work colleagues. On another day in the evening one of our colleagues was so nice to bring us to a shop for vaprorizer and after that he invited us to his home. Despite easy understanding problems (because of the dialect) we had good talks and could laugh a lot. At the end we all drove through the streets in the direction to our house. During the ride he told us many things we should absolutely do. Therefore I am very sure we will have interesting times the next few days respectively on the weekends.
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My first day at CAPITA
Yesterday was my first day at CAPITA I didn´t really know what to think mostly I was excited.
In the morning I had to go to work by bus, it took me like 20 minutes and then a 3 minute walk to be there.
At the entrance there was a front desk with a nice lady who already waited for me and René, she gave us visitor passes and we had to sign a paper with the time we came in.
After that a guy named Gareth came to us that was Renés supervisor, Gareth showed me my supervisor called Jamie.
Me and René got split up and Jamie took me to the department where I had to work, it is an Hardware repair service. He introduced me to Jeff my mentor he already knew about me and welcomed me very friendly. „My first day at CAPITA“ weiterlesen
Introductions
08/05/2017
The Second Day in Ireland and the first night. The house near to a big street is not normal for me. So the night was a bit difficult. It’s not possible to sleep longer, but that’s OK.
An Adventure Begins
07/05/2017
The day is getting closer weren’t my words 1 week ago. And now we are starting. I was nervous because of the journey and my bag was big. Do I have everything, is the cooker turned off, all these thoughts coming to my head.
Let’s start this chapter!
Well, finally here I’m – or let’s just say better: Here is my first official blogpost! After having a shocking first day, followed by a better second one and if you believe or not, finishing a really satisfying third day, I’m in the perfect state of mind to write all my impressions and emotions down about the last two days.
First day at CAPITA
Today we started working at CAPITA, one of the largest business process outsourcing and professional services company in the UK. The only way to get there for us is by bus. First we got a little shocked because the bus only drives every 30 minutes. But luckily, we got there „First day at CAPITA“ weiterlesen
Starting at DATACTICS (not DATATICS!)
I was nervous when I entered the DATACTICS bureau on the second floor. 2 months is a rather long time and I wouldn’t want to make a bad first impression. I was 15 minutes early, but waiting outside wasn’t an option. So, I just entered. „Starting at DATACTICS (not DATATICS!)“ weiterlesen
Introduction
08.05.2017
Our second day in Belfast. The day started at 8.30 a.m. At first we went again to Tesco because we forgot some stuff. After that Max and myself walked through Belfast to explore the surrounding. „Introduction“ weiterlesen
The Arrival
07.05.2017
Today was a quiet specific day…. It was the final day in Germany for the next 8 weeks and our journey to Belfast started. „The Arrival“ weiterlesen