The Diary of a Newcomer. The Beginning...
Дата: 22.03.2011 14:44:17
admin: Day 1:
Hello everybody!
Today is my first day of work in Wargaming.net! When I was sent to this company for passing my training I was freaked out. I’ve never thought that my work would be connected with computers, games (especially war strategies) and programming. I understand nothing in it. I can’t say that I’ve never played computer games before but it’s just not my cup of tea.
So, finally I’m in the office! It took me an hour to get here. The office building looks quite attractive (appearance is the first thing I pay attention to). It is said that Wargaming.net occupies four floors. It was decided to send me to the 9th floor where a Community Department was situated. The Community Department deals with the players (as I understand they constantly receive different questions from players and have to answer them). I think I can deal with it too. Ok it’s time to get down to work! As soon as I get on the 9th floor I see a big stand with photos. Oh my God! It looks so creative!
There are some photos from the stand. It seems that they not only know how to work but also how to have fun.
***
This huge poster drew my attention at once
***
Look there is some funny stuff attached to the door of the Community Department too.
So I’m already in the room and feel a little bit awkward. There are 10 men in this room and there is only one girl among them (there are two of us starting today) and none of them paid attention to my appearance. Am I a freak or simply invisible?! What’s going on? Oh I totally forgot that they are computer people and always merge into programs up to their ears. My badJ Finally they noticed me! Hello guys. How are you? I’m a newcomer, so called “Fresh blood”.
***
It wasn’t an easy task to find a desk for me. It took almost an hour for a system administrator to bring me a computer and install all the necessary programs. But while he was doing it my boss left for a meeting. I hate being in such an I- don’t-know-what-to-do-situation. Wait my new co-workers started to discuss some funny stuff. I’d better listen to them and try to get involved. Gosh I can’t understand a word. It freaks me out. Are they from the Moon or some other planet?! I’ve never heard such a language before. Should I take special language courses?
Oh, I need to go - my boss is back. I should ask him what to do.
They installed the game World of Tanks on my computer. Every newcomer has to learn how to play this game to be able to answer all the questions of the players. OK, it seems to be an easy task. Actually it’s the best task I’ve ever had. You can sit all day round just playing the game and even the boss won’t be angry with you. As one beautiful song says “Life is good! Life is great! Life is unbelievable!”
It was pretty easy to register in the game (my colleague did it for me). My first challenge was to enter the game. I had no idea that there was a special tag of the game on the desktop (fortunately my kind co-worker pointed at it for me).
***
So, I’m in the game. It didn’t take me long to figure out how to play. I chose a light tank (I already had 3 tanks waiting for me in the garage) and jumped into actions (guys showed me how to conduct the tank). But in reality the tank didn’t want to follow my directions: it went the wrong way, confused left and right sides and as a result got killed.
***
In one word it behaved as if a person in it had no idea about driving. Thus I failed my first battle in this not-for-girls-game.
Though I lost this game I should admit that computer graphics, realistic maps and tanks impressed me a lot. Game developers did a great job. Keep it up!!!
***
Day 2:
Today (not to screw up) I decided to start with downloading game’s guide for beginners. So, full of energy and enthusiasm I entered the room.
The game’s guide impressed me as soon as I started to read it. I couldn’t even imagine that it would be so easy to follow it. HOW could computer people that don’t speak any language I know create such a clear instruction?! It’s a mystery for me!
By the way, I would recommend every new player to read the instruction first and only then start to play. The game is more interesting when you know all its facilities and rules (and also you will safe my colleagues from answering stupid and banal questions).
I finally got my first task – to write an article about two big celebrations that recently took place in Wargaming.net. Recently two big celebrations took place in Wargaming.net Company. The first one was Defender of the Fatherland Day. (It’s a holiday observed in former republics of the Soviet Union and is celebrated on February 23.It’s a tradition for women to give small gifts to the men in their lives) and International Women’s Day which is marked on March 8 (it’s somewhat similar to a mixture of Mother's Day and St Valentine's Day).
My new friends right away hooked me up with the necessary information, gave me the photos and shared their impressions. Judging by their words the female workers of Wargaming.net organized gorgeous and memorable celebration. Everything, including presents, was made in military style and even women were wearing military uniform. Two showgirls dressed as nurses were invited to become another special appeal of the celebration.
***
They were visiting every room, making injections of vodka, feeding men sweet pills and hematogen (a fudge candy bar) and handing health certificates out.
***
At the end of the day every man got a “Real Tankman” present which consisted of flask of vodka, a can of sweetened condensed milk and canned stewed meat. Every man was happy as a child.
***
On the International Women’s Day male colleagues decided to take revenge and literally buried women in flowers.
***
Attentive colleagues also made a delicious sushi dinner. But the most original present of the day became a personal photo session for every woman of the company. During the photo session all of a sudden a vampire emerged from the wardrobe and freaked the girls out. The pictures turned out to be amazing and a little bit awkward!
The final point of these two holidays became a present from the company for both men and women - 3-hour bowling in the most fashionable bowling clubs of Minsk.
***
Day 3:
The weekend is over and it’s time to go back to work and I really want to do it. Sounds awkward but I’m kind of missing my colleagues.
I enter the office and see that all my co-workers are stuck to one computer and are dying of laughter. What happened? I wanna know! LOOOOL! What is it? Is it a new tank? Oh it’s a real freak!!!!
So it was a new French tank (they are going to launch a new branch of tanks). Although we’ve spent almost the whole day rushing from one computer to another making fun of new tanks I managed to finish writing my piece of news and played World of Tanks. I even bought new spares for my tanks! Another thing that makes me be proud of myself is that I figured out the meaning of such words as trolling and ban
So I’m done for today. Good bye!
***
Day 4:
A new worker came today. He seems to be a nice guy. He brought a CAKE for us. I definitely like him cause I LOVE CAKES!!!! Sorry guys I’m rushing out to get my piece of “sweet happiness”.
The cake was delicious but it’s time to get down to work. Today my task is to explore the forum. To be honest I came up with a very interesting topic – art. I should admit that some players are really gifted and have good imagination ‘cause not everyone can create such masterpieces as they did. I literally was mesmerized by some pictures, video and poems (especially by “Tanks in Africa”).
It’s already 6 pm and our managers gather all the workers together in the conference room. What do they want? I need to find out! I’ll be back soon.
It turned out that our game World of Tanks was released in China!!! They wanted to celebrate this event all together with champagne and fruit! I love the style of management in this company!!!
Catrine aka Ryna. To be continued...
Hello everybody!
Today is my first day of work in Wargaming.net! When I was sent to this company for passing my training I was freaked out. I’ve never thought that my work would be connected with computers, games (especially war strategies) and programming. I understand nothing in it. I can’t say that I’ve never played computer games before but it’s just not my cup of tea.
So, finally I’m in the office! It took me an hour to get here. The office building looks quite attractive (appearance is the first thing I pay attention to). It is said that Wargaming.net occupies four floors. It was decided to send me to the 9th floor where a Community Department was situated. The Community Department deals with the players (as I understand they constantly receive different questions from players and have to answer them). I think I can deal with it too. Ok it’s time to get down to work! As soon as I get on the 9th floor I see a big stand with photos. Oh my God! It looks so creative!
There are some photos from the stand. It seems that they not only know how to work but also how to have fun.
***
This huge poster drew my attention at once
***
Look there is some funny stuff attached to the door of the Community Department too.
So I’m already in the room and feel a little bit awkward. There are 10 men in this room and there is only one girl among them (there are two of us starting today) and none of them paid attention to my appearance. Am I a freak or simply invisible?! What’s going on? Oh I totally forgot that they are computer people and always merge into programs up to their ears. My badJ Finally they noticed me! Hello guys. How are you? I’m a newcomer, so called “Fresh blood”.
***
It wasn’t an easy task to find a desk for me. It took almost an hour for a system administrator to bring me a computer and install all the necessary programs. But while he was doing it my boss left for a meeting. I hate being in such an I- don’t-know-what-to-do-situation. Wait my new co-workers started to discuss some funny stuff. I’d better listen to them and try to get involved. Gosh I can’t understand a word. It freaks me out. Are they from the Moon or some other planet?! I’ve never heard such a language before. Should I take special language courses?
Oh, I need to go - my boss is back. I should ask him what to do.
They installed the game World of Tanks on my computer. Every newcomer has to learn how to play this game to be able to answer all the questions of the players. OK, it seems to be an easy task. Actually it’s the best task I’ve ever had. You can sit all day round just playing the game and even the boss won’t be angry with you. As one beautiful song says “Life is good! Life is great! Life is unbelievable!”
It was pretty easy to register in the game (my colleague did it for me). My first challenge was to enter the game. I had no idea that there was a special tag of the game on the desktop (fortunately my kind co-worker pointed at it for me).
***
So, I’m in the game. It didn’t take me long to figure out how to play. I chose a light tank (I already had 3 tanks waiting for me in the garage) and jumped into actions (guys showed me how to conduct the tank). But in reality the tank didn’t want to follow my directions: it went the wrong way, confused left and right sides and as a result got killed.
***
In one word it behaved as if a person in it had no idea about driving. Thus I failed my first battle in this not-for-girls-game.
Though I lost this game I should admit that computer graphics, realistic maps and tanks impressed me a lot. Game developers did a great job. Keep it up!!!
***
Day 2:
Today (not to screw up) I decided to start with downloading game’s guide for beginners. So, full of energy and enthusiasm I entered the room.
The game’s guide impressed me as soon as I started to read it. I couldn’t even imagine that it would be so easy to follow it. HOW could computer people that don’t speak any language I know create such a clear instruction?! It’s a mystery for me!
By the way, I would recommend every new player to read the instruction first and only then start to play. The game is more interesting when you know all its facilities and rules (and also you will safe my colleagues from answering stupid and banal questions).
I finally got my first task – to write an article about two big celebrations that recently took place in Wargaming.net. Recently two big celebrations took place in Wargaming.net Company. The first one was Defender of the Fatherland Day. (It’s a holiday observed in former republics of the Soviet Union and is celebrated on February 23.It’s a tradition for women to give small gifts to the men in their lives) and International Women’s Day which is marked on March 8 (it’s somewhat similar to a mixture of Mother's Day and St Valentine's Day).
My new friends right away hooked me up with the necessary information, gave me the photos and shared their impressions. Judging by their words the female workers of Wargaming.net organized gorgeous and memorable celebration. Everything, including presents, was made in military style and even women were wearing military uniform. Two showgirls dressed as nurses were invited to become another special appeal of the celebration.
***
They were visiting every room, making injections of vodka, feeding men sweet pills and hematogen (a fudge candy bar) and handing health certificates out.
***
At the end of the day every man got a “Real Tankman” present which consisted of flask of vodka, a can of sweetened condensed milk and canned stewed meat. Every man was happy as a child.
***
On the International Women’s Day male colleagues decided to take revenge and literally buried women in flowers.
***
Attentive colleagues also made a delicious sushi dinner. But the most original present of the day became a personal photo session for every woman of the company. During the photo session all of a sudden a vampire emerged from the wardrobe and freaked the girls out. The pictures turned out to be amazing and a little bit awkward!
The final point of these two holidays became a present from the company for both men and women - 3-hour bowling in the most fashionable bowling clubs of Minsk.
***
Day 3:
The weekend is over and it’s time to go back to work and I really want to do it. Sounds awkward but I’m kind of missing my colleagues.
I enter the office and see that all my co-workers are stuck to one computer and are dying of laughter. What happened? I wanna know! LOOOOL! What is it? Is it a new tank? Oh it’s a real freak!!!!
So it was a new French tank (they are going to launch a new branch of tanks). Although we’ve spent almost the whole day rushing from one computer to another making fun of new tanks I managed to finish writing my piece of news and played World of Tanks. I even bought new spares for my tanks! Another thing that makes me be proud of myself is that I figured out the meaning of such words as trolling and ban
So I’m done for today. Good bye!
***
Day 4:
A new worker came today. He seems to be a nice guy. He brought a CAKE for us. I definitely like him cause I LOVE CAKES!!!! Sorry guys I’m rushing out to get my piece of “sweet happiness”.
The cake was delicious but it’s time to get down to work. Today my task is to explore the forum. To be honest I came up with a very interesting topic – art. I should admit that some players are really gifted and have good imagination ‘cause not everyone can create such masterpieces as they did. I literally was mesmerized by some pictures, video and poems (especially by “Tanks in Africa”).
It’s already 6 pm and our managers gather all the workers together in the conference room. What do they want? I need to find out! I’ll be back soon.
It turned out that our game World of Tanks was released in China!!! They wanted to celebrate this event all together with champagne and fruit! I love the style of management in this company!!!
Catrine aka Ryna. To be continued...
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