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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@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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wendinoakland 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 wendinoakland 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!!
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19. Apparently, octopus can’t cling to astroturf.
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20. Tino the octopus dislikes whitebait. The guy who works with him read a paper that says ‘whitebait is like cucumber to octopus’. Bland and too healthy. He ignores it completely
