Le coin à Guij

Here I am. I’ve arrived on Tuesday night, and started my new job at Fluendo Embedded. The company is great, with a lot of cool (and bright) people. It’s a bit crazy here and very different to what I’ve experienced in England. The working hours are much better from my point of view, my way of life being much more Spanish than British :). The location of the company is awesome too; great view :).

I’ve had my first Spanish lessons (and the headaches that come with them) as well. Spanish is kinda easy when you speak French, since we share a lot of vocabulary, but …the beginners’ course started something like 2 months before I arrived (multiplied by 3 lessons of ~1h30 a week), so I have to catch up, hence the headaches :).

Therefore, so far, Barcelona is great; I just wish I had a place to live already (finding a flat is not something easy in Barcelona), but don’t worry, I have faith, I’ll soon have a nice place, where friends are welcome of course :).

• Tough employee life: I have much less free time (how good it was to be a student…)
• Tough employee life: my life isn’t that interesting now, and much of the interesting stuff is hard to tell without risking to tell company secrets (NDA and all that)… Anyway, a big part of my 2 regular readers wouldn’t understand much of it and would find it quite boring.
• It’s been 2 months today since I placed my order for an ADSL connection with Bulldog. So far, I only have a dial-up connection, which means no sending of pictures, and it’s a pain to do anything. Moreover, I spend a considerable part of my evenings phoning Bulldog’s Technical Support and Customer Services. That will maybe be the subject of a forthcoming article; in the meantime, if you are in Britain and looking for an ISP, AVOID BULLDOG.

• La dure vie d’employé : j’ai moins de temps à moi, c’est assez velo-boulot-dodo (c’était bien d’être étudiant…)
• La dure vie d’employé : ma vie est peut-être un peu moins passionnante, et une bonne partie des trucs intéressants est difficile à raconter sans risquer de trahir un certain secret professionnel (NDA, toussa)… De toutes façons, une grande partie de mon lectorat de 2 personnes ne comprendrait pas grand chose et trouverait ça chiant.
• Ça fait 2 mois aujourd’hui que j’ai passé commande pour une connection ADSL chez Bulldog. Pour l’instant je n’ai que du RTC donc, pas d’envoi de photos, et c’est très peu pratique pour faire quoi que ce soit. De plus, je passe une bonne partie de mes soirées au téléphone avec le Technical Support et le Customer Services de Bulldog. Ça fera peut-être l’objet d’un article ultérieur, mais en attendant, si vous êtes en Grande-Bretagne et cherchez un FAI, EVITEZ BULLDOG.