By Jonathan
Hi Folks,First of all sorry for not posting for a long time. I realise there are no proper excuses.
As most of you know, I have been kept relatively busy trying to finish my thesis. September 1st I started working at Vestas Wind Systems, together with Tomek (HQ left). We're both doing the graduate programme, which is a two year course that takes us to three jobs of eight months each in three different countries - as I suspect most of you know by now...We're right now both in Randers, where we're sharing a little house downtown with one more graduate:
So far, so good. I am having fun. Weekdays have been pretty cool - playing pool, darts, poker, going to the movies, etc. Pretty standard, I guess. We are beginning to get to know a few people locally, which is of course nice. I am nevertheless really thankful Tomek is here. If we weren't already, we have definitely become best friends - so that makes it a bit easier to be stuck in a village in Jutland :-).
Weekdays I'm working too, of course, which is not bad either. It's interesting, challenging, and the hours are pretty good (8am-4pm is the standard, except for those who get stuck on projects with external consultants, hehe). Colleagues are also nice (more about
that later). I have had a couple of opportunities to climb some of our turbines, and it's a pretty exciting thing. I love that product. I wish some of you would have an opportunity to try it out sometime. In May I'm moving to Portland on the US West Coast. You should drop by! Within two hours it is supposedly possible to drive to amazing skiing, hiking and rafting. Deserts, oceans, rain forests and mountains all within 200km. The job sounds fun too, even if I am not totally sure what I will be working on. It seems I'll be referring directly to the CFO, and the american market is the largest and fastest growing market around. So that all sounds promising. For the final rotation I'm still hoping to end up somewhere in Asia. But Australia or South America could be a lot of fun, too.The thesis was of course a pain in the ass. I should have finished it before I started working. But then again, it would be stupid to turn down a dream-job only because to finish this damn thing, when the only purpose of finishing it is to get a dream-job... So anyways, my weekends were not that much fun from September 'till now, mostly going to Copenhagen and working 14 hours a day both Saturdays and Sunday. But that's history now. We finished printing last monday at 0330, and handed it in a couple of hours later. I went back and slept some 12 hours. Just the defense left, which is basically a formality.
Thursday-Friday we had a teambuilding event in legoland, which was a lot of fun (and a bit of seriousness as well). Friday night it was time for the annnual Julefrokost for our local office. Julefrokost is a Danish word for getting drunk and embarassing together with all your colleagues. So we did. 400 people. Food, wine and drinks ad libitum. Music, singing, strippers (male strippers, by the way). A bit of dancing for all those who could still hold their balance. I posted a couple of the less embarassing photos below. And no I don't know what the photos indicate, but to the best of my knowledge and to the girls' luck Tomek is neither gay, nor smoking :-).
Alright, thats it for now. I hope this provides a (somewhat fragmented) picture of what has been happening in the last couple of months for my part. Next weekend its time for the CEMS Annual Events in Dublin, where we're going to promote Vestas at the career forum, and drink a hell of a lot of beers with friends from Stockholm and all over... You can alwyas stay up to date on my own site: www.jdhh.dk
Whats up with the rest of you who haven't posted forever???
Regardless, I hope you are all well and enjoying life where ever you are!
Take care!
Jonathan
