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My New Oracle Badge

Went out to Reston VA to meet with my new boss, Mike Hichwa, and some of the members of his team. It was a fantastic few days. For one thing, there was no shortage of folks eager to help me get my new Macbook Pro set up. That was especially important since I have used a Windows machine for decades. The Macbook is a beautiful machine and the Mac OS is a joy, but still....lots of adjustments to make. So: a grateful shout out to Christina, Taj and Shakeeb in particular for their patience as I went back to them again and again with questions.

But the first thing I did on arriving at the Oracle offices was to get my badge. I gotta say I was a bit surprised at how excited I was about that. It's been a long time since I've had a new job, and I am pleased as can be to be back "on the inside" at Oracle Corporation.

We're still sorting the details of my responsibilities at Oracle, but I can tell for sure that I will be doing some new and very different things, which you will enjoy greatly!

And so to finish off this post, here's my badge.....

 




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  1. UnknownApril 8, 2014 at 2:19 AM

    Nice badge! I'm looking fwd to see my boss let me choose Mac OS X according to my wish, until then I must stay on Windows *DEEP SIGH*.

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  2. AnonymousApril 9, 2014 at 9:08 AM

    Congrats! :)

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