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Reading through code

The second and third day have passed and I'm still suffering from not getting used to work 8 hours a day. I remember when other people told me that enjoy yourself when you are in school as much as you can because when you start working things are gonna be different. I didn't understand that until now. There is nothing much going on since I still have to read through the code and some Android conventions. As everybody know that I'm not a big fan of Android development and I prefer iPhone development, it's been pretty tough. However, because it's still Java, things are not that bad. I also found a lot of places to eat for my lunch, but most of them are hella expensive. Today I went to one "restaurant" and the food is $6.99 per pound!! I paid $9.xx for that meal. I think I'm gonna try to make my own lunch from now on, but can't promise that. I also think that I'll start blogging about things that I've learned about Android development (I mean,...

First day at work

Finally, after a long wait for my work authorization document to arrive. I started working at A2Z (subsidiary of Amazon.com) on July 6th. It had been an exhausting day after all. The night before, I went to bed at around 2am and I had an appointment with the office manager at around 9:30, so I didn't have much sleep. I had to take MUNI #1 California from California and Arguello to Sansome and Clay which is where the office locates. The bus ride was fine; it took about 30-35 mins to be there, but since it's in the morning, the bus is a bit full. After I arrived at the office, I had to do tons and tons of paperwork, getting my employee card and all of those stuff. I was introduced to the office and people in the office. I must admit that I don't remember everybody's name, but I'll try. After that, I had 2 meetings with my team colleagues about what I'm going to do. After that, I didn't really have anything substantial to do except setting up my workstation and...