December 7th, 2005

Well today was my first day at Apple, started off at 9:30 with a visit to one of the recruiters to fill in some more forms and get run through some basic newbie stuff. From there i biked it up to the ‘Infiite Loop’ (main Apple campus building) and had my picture taken for my bright shiny new Apple ID.

Near the end of the process my manger came down and met me and took mew up to the area ill be working in. He introduced me to all the other guys and gals in the team which was pretty cool. I recognised a lot of them from previous WWDC’s id been to.

So we walked around a bit and i met most people, then got shown to my desk / space more commonly known as the ‘intern cube’. Got my machine setup and installed and was shown through the various Apple stuff online i should read.

I got given a run down on the type of project ill be involved with and it sounds pretty cool. Should keep me busy for the short time in over here as an intern.

Before i knew it, it was lunchtime. My manager took me down and shouted me lunch which was cool. I got a Mac Plus Buger (cheeseburger) with curly fries. I was really amazed at the selection of food, i think ill be flat out trying everything in the 2 and a bit months i have left

After lunch, i spent some time reading over work related stuff and numerous online Apple stuff that new employees should read. Before i knew it the clock read 4:30 and it was getting dark. I decided to leave a bit early to go to the bank and get an account created.

The bank was weird, i got the account created but the guy gave me nothing, no pamphlets no info, nothing, just 3 free checcks. He did tell me my account number was on the bottom of the check though Anyway, i find out that Ashley actually got a folder with lots of new customer information. Its got me buggered why i didnt get any of it, but i guess it means ive just gotta go back there tomorrow on the way home.

All in all it was an awesome day, its everything and more that i thought working at Apple would be. I cant wait to get in and start doing stuff. Its the type of job id really like, something that doesnt feel like work at all

BTW: this may sound a bit vague, but im just trying to cover my butt. I dont want to name any names or mention any specifics cause its all secret stuffs