Austin, the Great City!
My summer journey started on a sunny Sunday with
a delayed flight from Detroit to Austin, I had boarded a taxi from Ann Arbor to
the airport before I got Delta Airline’s text massage saying the flight has
been rescheduled from 2pm to 4pm. Eventually, I had a very smooth 3 hours
flight to Austin, the great city. On arriving at Austin, I moved straight to
the lovely furnished apartment that Dell has secured for me and my family in a
beautiful area of Round Rock, Austin. It’s about 4.4 miles to my office.
My resumption day was the following Tuesday, I
was warmly welcomed to the company with a one day orientation program, where I
met my recruiter, Lisa, one on one for the first time. She is such a pleasant
lady. She introduced me to my manager, Roberto, during the meet the managers,
who happened to be Ross alumnus. Roberto was excited about me; he gave a brief
on my summer project- Marketing Investment Framework-China focus. But we spent
most of the time discussing Ross because he hasn’t gone back to Ross since he
left in 2000.
Dell’s working environment is new to me,
coming from banking. Everything is super-automated. Roberto took me round the
department introducing me to his team members and key people I will be working
with. They showed knowledge and enthusiasm; and willingness to assist me on my
project. I spent most of the week in series of meetings, understanding the
nature of my project. We also developed a project plan that specified my weekly
deliverables.
Meanwhile, I must express my excitement about
Austin with the little time I have spent here. I had the opportunity to tour the
city during the weekend; it’s really an awesome city. There are great bars and
restaurants everywhere, good food –Italian, Mexicans and Asians to mention a
few. The night life also can’t be overemphasized, Friday night was crazy! I was
on the popular 6th street with some other MBA interns, we all had
fun. I can’t wait for another Friday.
Only 4.4 miles to your office? He did a great job then. Being so close to work is always a good thing because it gives you more time to do other things you like instead of having to travel in public transportation for long periods of time! When I travelled to Argentina to work, I was given furnished apartments in buenos aires to choose, and all of them werelocated downtown. There is a lot of traffic so the best thing is to live near work!
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