Starting a new thread to document the delightful things I am finding out about joining the tech team at Monterey Bay Aquarium.
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47. I talked to real people about animal poop 5 different times today (I counted). Different animals too
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48. I found the internal form for âbooking an animal encounterâ. My coworker said âusually itâs for team building or bringing your family on behind the scenes visits BUT if you want to hang out with the octopus or otters on your lunch break by yourself, I donât see why not?â
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49. She then said when she went to hang out with the octopus she got octopus hickies all over her arms and they didnât go away for a long time.
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@skinnylatte Itâs so much fun reading your posts about how much fun you are having in your new job!
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@econoprof thank you! Itâs giving me life and joy
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Adrianna Tanreplied to Adrianna Tan last edited by [email protected]
50. Today I got stopped in the hallways. Someone I didnât really know said, âhey are you the one who posted the pic of the Townsendâs warbler? I saw the same bird but didnât have my camera so thanks for taking the cool picâ (when I worked at a database company, all they talked about was emacs vs vim)
We then agreed to go on a lunch bird walk
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Granny Art (Shrimp) (Joni)replied to Adrianna Tan last edited by
@skinnylatte Ok, this sounds like a dream job. I am so happy for you!! (Also, do I get to call you a friend, or are you just "someone I know on the internet"?)
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Adrianna Tanreplied to Granny Art (Shrimp) (Joni) last edited by
@artcollisions friend! Also happy to do a online video or audio chat if youâre ever up for that!
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51. Apparently they will pay for us to get Spanish lessons, so my taco dreams are going to be bumped up to the next level. Did I also mention I met a guy who has a database of 90 taco truck rankings in Monterey, Salinas, Watsonville, all the way up to Santa Cruz
Iâm emailing him to have lunch (at a taco truck)
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52. People were asking me if I got a bluetiful sweatshirt and I thought they were all mispronouncing beautiful, but there really is an employee sweatshirt called BLUEtiful. Itâs blue.
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@skinnylatte You have the best job in the world.
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@noondlyt it really feels like it!
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53. My manager showed me a special spot in a building facing the ocean that he called the âbinoculars cornerâ. There are comfy chairs and binoculars you can use.
I zipped down my jacket and showed that I already had a pair of binoculars. He said âoh yours are betterâ
Then I told him about how I went to someoneâs office just before that and she had a SCOPE SET UP FOR WHALES (that anyone visiting her could use)
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@skinnylatte Ooh, what kind do you have? I need to buy some.
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@skry Nikon prostaff P3
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@skinnylatte this one made me feel so many feelings. I like tech and have fun with it and all but omg I crave being around people with more interesting interests so bad.
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@zkat I feel like I need a balance that I found increasingly harder to find in more conventional tech. Just avoiding assholes felt like a job
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@skinnylatte all your coworkers sound like such joyful, delightful people living their best fishy lives
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@zkat I want a life like that but I can cruise for a long time from the warm fuzzies that someone out there does have that life.
Happier for you every day @skinnylatte may you never have to worry about an unsolicited tech discussion
