The webteam is still relatively new to our new home division – Marketing.<\/p>\n
It’s a good fit and we’re better off than we were in IT – but it has taken some getting used to.<\/p>\n
During our first big meeting – when shown the new commercial – about the only thing I knew when asked “how does this make you feel?” was to not respond with “Queasy, from all the jump cuts.”<\/p>\n
Since then, we’ve gotten much better integrated with the larger marketing group – but I was still a little apprehensive when the VP suggested an evening out at a bar\/restaurant called The Office. As in “I’ll be home late from The Office” \u00a0Wink, wink. \u00a0Nudge, nudge.<\/p>\n
I don’t drink and I’m kinda cheap – and at the end of the day spending more time with my colleagues seems… errr… well, I do have all those video games that need playing, after all.<\/p>\n
But, an informal poll at a meeting of the webteam showed that everyone else was going and – like an ABC AfterSchool Special – I succumb to peer pressure.<\/p>\n
And… it was good. No, it was kinda great. I got to know a couple of my colleagues a little better, got to show off some origami, and even made a marketing related joke. Who knew?<\/p>\n
I’m still more comfortable with the ones and zeros. Where things either work or they don’t. Even when things don’t make sense, you know that everything still has a reason – even if we don’t know it or can never find it.<\/p>\n
The marketing side of the house still feels a little like voodoo to me – but it’s creative voodoo and well-written voodoo and I can appreciate that.
\nAnd the crew there is pretty cool.<\/p>\n
Added bonus – the VP picked up the check. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n
I didn’t stay late at The Office – Firestone Park has a vampire problem and I try to avoid getting home after dark if possible – but I had a good time and I think I got some new perspective.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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