**Warning: this post does NOT include anything about upcoming Papyrus
projects..
You asked for this, so here it is. I don't know if it'll be too
entertaining, but you wanted to know! <G>
When I get to Papyrus, I park my car in the closed garage downstairs,
taking care not to bash my car into the big concrete poles that nearly
block every car stall in there. I do my daily worship to David
Kaemmer's Porsche -- it's fast becoming a ritual with me. I walk into
the office at 8:00am, throw my stuff down at my desk, and walk into
the lobby to check my inbox. While I'm there I wave hello to Paula
Gaete, Papyrus' front-desk operator, who is one of the nicest people
I've ever met. I pass through the cafeteria to pick up some snacks
for the day, and I cross my fingers, hoping that the vending machine
will pick me as the "daily winner" and refund my money. Usually, I'm
not that lucky.
I sit down at my cubicle and get to work. A lot of my job entails
driving pre-alpha builds, although I still do some work with N2. I'm
still in training, so I do a LOT of practice laps. One of the things
that stunned me when I started was how GOOD these guys were -- REALLY
good drivers, not just blowhards, from the programmers all the way to
the PR people. During the morning, I don't talk to too many people
since, as one of the earlier risers, I usually beat a lot of them to
the office. I always at least say "hi" to Adam Levesque, though,
since as the senior Papyrus producer he's always in the office early
as well. I secretly envy him his Viper desk chair and big speakers,
but he earned them, you know.. <G>
I spend a lot of time trying to remember people's names. I'm terrible
with names, and it's really embarrassing when I can't remember who
someone is. But I get a LOT of latitude since I'm the new guy. I get
kidded a lot because I'm still in the starry-eyed "wow, what a cool
job" phase of my employment, but I can't help it -- this job makes me
wonder why I even bothered with my other ones. A lot of people ask me
questions about Utah, and shake their heads wonderingly that I moved
all the way to Massachusetts to work there. The most frequent
question I get is, "Do you ski?"
I get to work with a lot of the familiar names around Papyrus -- Adam,
Matt Marsala, Jane Sieczkiewicz, Matt Sentell, Rich Yasi, Ed Martin,
etc. etc. etc. They're all great people. The best co-workers, I have
found, are those who are at once professional and competent and still
just one of the gang. I have yet to meet anyone at Papyrus that I
don't like. The last thing I feel around anyone at the office is
intimidated.
Anyway, not too much else to tell right now. It's a great job, a
wonderful area of the country, and I'm really happy with my situation.
I'm sure any of the Papyrus group reading this are laughing up their
sleeves, and I'll probably get ribbed for it when I get into the
office Monday, but I figured you all should know that Papyrus isn't
the big soulless corporate giant a lot of people on r.a.s. have
portrayed it. They're quality people doing quality work, and I count
myself lucky to be even a small part of what they do.
That's it for now...
--
Papyrus Design Group, Inc.
Great post! I enjoyed it. BTW, I do not think we think Papyrus is
a big soulless corp. We think that of Sierra. :-)
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> portrayed it. They're quality people doing quality work, and I count > myself lucky to be even a small part of what they do. > That's it for now... > -- > Papyrus Design Group, Inc.>I do my daily worship to David
>Kaemmer's Porsche -- it's fast becoming a ritual with me.
Well...what color is it??? If it ain't a red or black 911 then I'm
awfully concerned about the future of Papy!
Thanks for the entertaining post,
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> Anyway, not too much else to tell right now. It's a great job, a > wonderful area of the country, and I'm really happy with my situation. > I'm sure any of the Papyrus group reading this are laughing up their > sleeves, and I'll probably get ribbed for it when I get into the > office Monday, but I figured you all should know that Papyrus isn't > the big soulless corporate giant a lot of people on r.a.s. have > portrayed it. They're quality people doing quality work, and I count > myself lucky to be even a small part of what they do. > That's it for now...Quoted text (61 lines)
> **Warning: this post does NOT include anything about upcoming Papyrus > projects.. > You asked for this, so here it is. I don't know if it'll be too > entertaining, but you wanted to know! <G> > When I get to Papyrus, I park my car in the closed garage downstairs, > taking care not to bash my car into the big concrete poles that nearly > block every car stall in there. I do my daily worship to David > Kaemmer's Porsche -- it's fast becoming a ritual with me. I walk into > the office at 8:00am, throw my stuff down at my desk, and walk into > the lobby to check my inbox. While I'm there I wave hello to Paula > Gaete, Papyrus' front-desk operator, who is one of the nicest people > I've ever met. I pass through the cafeteria to pick up some snacks > for the day, and I cross my fingers, hoping that the vending machine > will pick me as the "daily winner" and refund my money. Usually, I'm > not that lucky. > I sit down at my cubicle and get to work. A lot of my job entails > driving pre-alpha builds, although I still do some work with N2. I'm > still in training, so I do a LOT of practice laps. One of the things > that stunned me when I started was how GOOD these guys were -- REALLY > good drivers, not just blowhards, from the programmers all the way to > the PR people. During the morning, I don't talk to too many people > since, as one of the earlier risers, I usually beat a lot of them to > the office. I always at least say "hi" to Adam Levesque, though, > since as the senior Papyrus producer he's always in the office early > as well. I secretly envy him his Viper desk chair and big speakers, > but he earned them, you know.. <G> > I spend a lot of time trying to remember people's names. I'm terrible > with names, and it's really embarrassing when I can't remember who > someone is. But I get a LOT of latitude since I'm the new guy. I get > kidded a lot because I'm still in the starry-eyed "wow, what a cool > job" phase of my employment, but I can't help it -- this job makes me > wonder why I even bothered with my other ones. A lot of people ask me > questions about Utah, and shake their heads wonderingly that I moved > all the way to Massachusetts to work there. The most frequent > question I get is, "Do you ski?" > I get to work with a lot of the familiar names around Papyrus -- Adam, > Matt Marsala, Jane Sieczkiewicz, Matt Sentell, Rich Yasi, Ed Martin, > etc. etc. etc. They're all great people. The best co-workers, I have > found, are those who are at once professional and competent and still > just one of the gang. I have yet to meet anyone at Papyrus that I > don't like. The last thing I feel around anyone at the office is > intimidated. > Anyway, not too much else to tell right now. It's a great job, a > wonderful area of the country, and I'm really happy with my situation. > I'm sure any of the Papyrus group reading this are laughing up their > sleeves, and I'll probably get ribbed for it when I get into the > office Monday, but I figured you all should know that Papyrus isn't > the big soulless corporate giant a lot of people on r.a.s. have > portrayed it. They're quality people doing quality work, and I count > myself lucky to be even a small part of what they do. > That's it for now... > -- > Papyrus Design Group, Inc.Thanks a lot Tony,
Now I can know how great it is to work with a fabulous team (Papy).
Hope it was my post that gave you the idea of doing "A day in the life
of a Papyrus employee...". Don't stop your work at Papy and tell to all
of your co-workers that all the people in r.a.s. say they're the best.
Thanks a lot,
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| ! | And all you that thinks that Jacques Villeneuve is
|!| from Canada, your right!! He's from St-Jean sur le
|o| Richelieu, 30 minutes from Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
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Fran?ois Mnard "Wasupe LeGrand"
Nicolas Mnard "Nien Numb"
Nien Numb in the National Star Wars League(X-Wing vs Tie-Fighter league)
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http://www.starwars.com/
Star Wars Trilogy Special Edition,N2,Gp2,Icr2.How can my life be better?
May the force be with you, always!!
Que la force soit avec toi, jamais!(for you French people)
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