One of the three times I went back to Colorado last year was to hang out with the old clan from college, specifically roommates and associated…
During all my travels last year, I did get to do many fun things, such as attending the awesome wedding of Lance and Nicole! I’ve known Lance…
Today marks, among other things, my two year company date at Boeing. I know what you’re thinking: It hasn’t even been a year since you graduated, how can you have two years at Boeing? Behold, the power of the internship. I actually started at Boeing on May 26th, 2006 as a summer intern for the…
I’m doing some verification of specifications at work that involves going through documents and making sure that stuff is up to par. A couple of times, I’ll come across a document and think to myself, this is a pretty good document (i.e. it looks …
My group at work, Mission Computing Hardware, just had a requisition posted for a new intern! The last intern was hired in 2006 and would later go on to get hired to full time. The last intern also happened to be me.
Now, I obviously can’t make…
I tried to donate blood last week during a drive at work (interesting side note, Boeing pays for time spent donating blood). One of my coworkers asked me and I thought it would be a fun experience, especially since I haven’t donated in a while.
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Some change at work:
Several weeks ago (the day before I left for Haiti, actually), our division was renamed Boeing Defense, Space and Security. Interestingly enough, the TLA ((three letter acronym, something Boeing is notorious for)) is only B…
There’s a cabinet at work that has some basic medications: Motrin (ibuprofen), Aleve (naproxen), and Valihist.
Valihist is an "Antihistamine-Stimulant for allergies, colds, [and] runny nose."
The back of the package lists the the ingredients…
On occasion, emails are sent out looking for lost items or reporting found items. I usually just delete them, but this one I felt like sharing; is it just me, or do these two read like some sort of weird magic trick?
Whoever borrowed the cart f…
Just a heads up: the 2010 Boeing Internships have been posted on the external Boeing job site. You can find them by going to http://www.boeing.com/employment/collegecareers/index.html
At last check, there were over 50 internship positions avail…
A bullet point list of some of the things I learned at work: Do not be in the same room when a 50000 volt, 200000 amp, 50 microsecond “lightning” strike goes off. It will vaporize anything in its path with a bright flash and a large boom. “While at The Boeing Company you will not…
I saw this floating around the office today. I think it perfectly sums up how I’m feeling today.