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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14. I like having lunch in one of the staff kitchens. Someone has set up an elaborate harbor seal monitoring system there with DO NOT TOUCH signs and lots of his sketches of seals
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15. Many of the fridges have signs like NO HUMAN FOOD
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@skinnylatte Sounds like a bunch of folks with their priorities solidly in healthy places! I hope it's as delightful as it sounds!! I'm not sure even for something so quirky and interesting I'd want to commute again but it's solidly offering a reason to show up which is more than I can say about most places of business.
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@skinnylatte I'm not sure, but I think I wish I had your job
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@ren @skinnylatte It is the real deal. Never seen an organization with so many lifers.
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wendy boucek for Kamalareplied to Adrianna Tan last edited by
@skinnylatte Your thread is the best - it sounds like you’ve landed (splashed into?) a most (moist) perfect environment. With all the fresh election disappointment around us, your posts are really brightening my day. I’m actually smiling - I can’t kelp (!) myself! 🦭
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Adrianna Tanreplied to wendy boucek for Kamala last edited by
@wendinoakland haha! best fishes!
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I adore that place! I could spend hours in the tunnel where the waves splash over you. It's so peaceful.
If you're a clam chowder fan, just a bit south (walking distance) there's a place called Vivolo's that has the best chowder I've ever had, and I've tried a lot of chowder!
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@deirdrebeth oh that's an amazing tip. thank you!
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16. My name tag was hand made by someone in the machine shop! We have in-house fabricators and crafts-people who make the things for all the exhibits
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17. I'm in a Bird Nerd channel. They share pics of birds found around the aquarium, which are.. a lot!
Today's finds: a great egret and a blue heron. A few days ago there was an osprey and a condor.
At one of my on-site interviews, someone stopped midway and said 'look out there's an albatross'
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I'm sure you'll be biking to work soon enough. Can probably pick up something rideable off craigslist.
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@artemesia i'm bringing my spare bike over on the train next week!
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@skinnylatte Omg I loved reading all of these tidbits! Congratulations and best of luck with your new job!!
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18. I have been scheduling social meet and greets with people who are on-site. Someone just sent me a calendar invite for 'let's take a lunchtime walk by the ocean'
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@farah hehe thanks for reading. it's keeping me.. afloat right now
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Tim W (admin (and human))replied to Adrianna Tan last edited by
@skinnylatte what's it used for? Can fish get themselves in trouble by swimming too deep or something? I have so many fascinated questions!
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Tim W (admin (and human))replied to Adrianna Tan last edited by
@skinnylatte sounds like as amazing of a workplace as it is a place to visit!
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Adrianna Tanreplied to Tim W (admin (and human)) last edited by
@tim the person next to me has been there 36 years and she still said you are gonna love it here I love it so much!!
