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Whoops. So much for saying I'd update this more often.. >>;
Well, that's me nearly two weeks into my placement with Agilent now. I moved up to Dundee at the beginning of the month, so I'm now staying with avisrapax and travelling down to Dalmeny near Edinburgh every morning. I'm not going to be getting much in the way of lie-ins this summer, seeing as I need to get up at 6am every morning. XD
The work itself is pretty good. I'm working in a group that deals with internal software tools and I've been given an actual, real project to do in the three months or so that I'm there. It means that the work isn't wasted - they're not just giving me something to do to pass the time - but it also means that it's pretty scary. x_x; I've been working on gathering requirements this week. So far, all the people I've met have given me conflicting requirements on what the tool I'm developing needs to do. It's going to be fun trying to put together the requirements document. XD
Seeing as I've had a lot of time to kill while travelling, I've been making my way through a book a week. Just after I arrived up here, I finished reading "Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell", which was really pretty good. I'm now reading the Boudica series by Manda Scott. I'm absolutely loving the books - the characterisations are excellent and the story draws you in. She really does punish some of her characters a fair bit though - seeing what happens to some of them is really quite painful to read. By the same token, though, it's really hard to put down the books again, as you find yourself wanting to know what happens next. :-P
I'm heading back home tomorrow evening, and on Saturday I'm heading down to Newcastle for a wedding reception. It'll be nice to see my grandfather's side of the family again - I haven't seen them for several years now. It should be fun, although I'm betting I'm going to be exhausted by the time I get back. Ah well. :)
Well, that's me nearly two weeks into my placement with Agilent now. I moved up to Dundee at the beginning of the month, so I'm now staying with avisrapax and travelling down to Dalmeny near Edinburgh every morning. I'm not going to be getting much in the way of lie-ins this summer, seeing as I need to get up at 6am every morning. XD
The work itself is pretty good. I'm working in a group that deals with internal software tools and I've been given an actual, real project to do in the three months or so that I'm there. It means that the work isn't wasted - they're not just giving me something to do to pass the time - but it also means that it's pretty scary. x_x; I've been working on gathering requirements this week. So far, all the people I've met have given me conflicting requirements on what the tool I'm developing needs to do. It's going to be fun trying to put together the requirements document. XD
Seeing as I've had a lot of time to kill while travelling, I've been making my way through a book a week. Just after I arrived up here, I finished reading "Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell", which was really pretty good. I'm now reading the Boudica series by Manda Scott. I'm absolutely loving the books - the characterisations are excellent and the story draws you in. She really does punish some of her characters a fair bit though - seeing what happens to some of them is really quite painful to read. By the same token, though, it's really hard to put down the books again, as you find yourself wanting to know what happens next. :-P
I'm heading back home tomorrow evening, and on Saturday I'm heading down to Newcastle for a wedding reception. It'll be nice to see my grandfather's side of the family again - I haven't seen them for several years now. It should be fun, although I'm betting I'm going to be exhausted by the time I get back. Ah well. :)