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Or something like that. Today was my first day at SAIC as a Software Design Engineer. Day one was filled with what one would expect day one to be filled with at an IT/contractor/programming position: setting up accounts and passwords, meeting people who you will soon be writing countless lines of code alongside, and getting access to all the wonderful resources you are going to be using. I have to say, I was pretty stoked early in the day as upon arrival I realized my pre-built office desktop was running something unexpected: openSUSE. That’s right, not Windows! It will be an excellent experience for me, as I get to gain knowledge on another flavor of Linux that I have not yet used. I am hoping this is the tip of the iceberg as far as things to come since to me, it speaks volumes when a company (or a division, in this case) understands the tools needed and provides them, up front, to the people that will be getting the work done. Now, if I can just figure out how to get one of those shiny iMacs into my office as well… I suppose one shouldn’t be too greedy at the start, right?

I will also say, it was nice to return home in the evening and not be wiped out from having to rise before the sun at 4:00am. Waking up at 6:45ish was down right sleeping in!

Ok, ok, it’s a little too early in the semester to be having these consecutive nights of not enough sleep.

It also might be a good idea to figure out something for my Capstone project soon. Whoops….. ah yeah. Haha.