How To Be a n00b at Denuo
Posted by Jessica Lau | April 16, 2010
Allow me to introduce myself: I’m the rookie around here. The admittedly over-eager and dorky intern. I just finished my first week at Denuo and I am delighted to report that everyone here is refreshingly brilliant, intensely focused, yet pleasantly cool and collected (okay guys, can I get my ten bucks now?). Yes, I have much to learn here.
Sure, I expect it to be challenging at the bottom of the food chain, but that doesn’t mean I have to be anxious all the time. In fact, I will use this opportunity to gain critical purchase of my experiences, while providing some comic relief to my new colleagues. Here are four ways to be a n00b at Denuo:
1) Lock yourself out of the office within the first fifteen minutes of obtaining your ID card.
On our first break of the New Hire Orientation, I dreamily stepped out of the boardroom to recycle my copy of the RedEye. I return to the glass doors, and from there, I spot it–my ID card on the table. Crap. I think briefly about knocking and waving sheepishly, but in light of saving my dignity, I ask the chuckling receptionist to scan me in.
2) Dress like a stockbroker.
Casual is key (except when we have some awesome clients in town who want to hang out with us. In which case, I can tell everyone here cleans up nicely.)
3) Work at a desk that is not adorned with cartoon snippets, thumb-tacked scribbled notes, colorful calendar printouts, and half-full jars of peanut butter and jelly.
Because if you do, then people will know you’re a n00b. And they will also think you’re kind of boring. Next time I come into work, I’m setting up shop with my favorite photos of Lady Gaga, my Iron Man figurine, and pre-printed Tic-Tac-Toe boards.
4) Pronounce the “o” at the end of Denuo.
It’s deh-NOO, you n00b.
what’s the n00b’s name?
jessitern?
lautern?
lintern beta?
That photo behind your laptop is totally freaky.