The life of a traveller
(Point of note: As I typed this up, I found out I’m going to Napa Valley for an event in two weeks)
As I sit in the Admiral’s Club in LA waiting for my flight to San Diego for Comic-Con, I’m reflecting on my past year. I’ve been back at AMD for a year now and things have changed so much in the year since I’ve been back.
To start, I came back to AMD with the promise of a newly developed Demo Team (Demo meaning a team of people who demonstrate technologies around the world at tradeshows and events). I started off the job working in our showcase area in our headquarters executive building. I stayed pretty grounded at first, giving tours of the showcase room. Then someone requested my presence in San Francisco for an event we hold yearly in September. That was the beginning of a LONG 9 months (and counting).
In that time I’ve gone on roughly 20 business trips, flown over 75,000 miles, and neglected my yard nearly the whole time. hah.
It’s been awesome, and I can’t wait to see what the next year will bring. I’ve got great bosses, great co-workers, and a great job. I’m going to hold on to the job as long as I possibly can.
Highlights of all the traveling:
Making some good friends in Munich
Being mobbed by kids at LAX on my way to Taiwan and having them chant “Mario Mario Mario!” As I played Angry Birds (I had a moustache at the time).
Hanging out with a friend from home in Berlin for nearly a week.
Downside:
Sleeping in my hotel room while the Mad Men season 4 Premiere party was going on in my hotel in NYC (with the entire cast at the party)
That’s it, that’s the only thing I regret.
