My First Day & The Apple Company Store
First I must apologise for this post being a little me, me, me, me, me ;o)
As you may know from a previous post I was in San Francisco last week as Monday 18th April was my first day at my new company,Vindicia. I love San Francisco and being there on my first day and being able to meet my new colleagues was fantastic. I learnt so much and got myself even more excited about the opportunity than I already was. I haven’t felt the same buzz about my day job for years and whilst moving from a Large company such as Oracle is a little scary, I feel like it’s the best thing I could have done.
If you follow me on twitter you’ll also know that San Francisco experienced an earthquake measuring around 3.4. This was a first for me and I thought that a large truck had backed into the building given the loud rumbling and shacking of the building. It only lasted around 5-10 seconds but it was still one of the oddest sensations. Feeling what you always expect to be solid ground move is just wrong and makes you feel pretty small and insignificant.
So I’ve been introduced to all the great people at Vindicia, experienced my first earthquake, what else could happen that would really make this a special week for me…
The last time I was in San Francisco last year I was lucky enough to get a tour of the campus with Graeme Devine who was working for Apple at the time. After having had a look around and drinking coffee in Cafe Macs (the restaurant in the centre of the infinite loop campus) I took a look in the The Company Store and picked up a few essentials, as you do. At the time I was still writing my book and I commented on how amazing it would be to walk into that very store and see my book on the shelf….dreamer that I am….
You can imagine my excitement when I received an email from my editor, Chuck Toperek, telling me that while visiting the Company Store the previous week he had seen my book on the self. On reading this I turned immediately into a little girl giggling and happy clapping with excitement. So, after my meetings had finished on Wednesday last week I shot down to the Company Store before heading to the airport. We didn’t have much time but my colleague from the UK, Adrian, insisted that he drive us down there.
So, I walked into the store and there, in the small book section was my book. I don’t think I could stop grinning. It was exciting enough actually being able to write a book on something you love, but for it then to be on the shelf in THE Apple Store was just the icing on the cake and was an amazing end to a great week.
After a little coaxing from Adrian I spoke to the staff and they were happy for me to take a couple of pictures with the book. It was a great experience and something I’m not going to forget.
So there you have it, a crazy, tiring but exciting week for me and the start of something new. I am going to be busy getting to grips with my new role, but the apps and tutorials will continue so watch this space.
Mike
7 Comments
Dan on April 26th, 2011
Excellent Mike, I hope you enjoy your new job in the US!
rwenderlich on April 27th, 2011
Congrats on the new job Mike, and that’s awesome that your book was in the Apple Store, and well deserved!! :]
kristof on April 27th, 2011
wel mike, i must say
i bought your book the day it came out and i still love it
its well written
it would be wrong to not having it in the apple store there
congrats with the book, the pride you have is 100% deserved
and good luck with the job
i think many people (including myself) would love to have a job like that to
everybody understands that you dont really have the time right now to complete your next part in your tutorial serie
but we all know you will work on it once you are settled in
we dont want the tutorials to get all bad because you want to make them quicker, so take your time to make them
have a great time there
and once again good luck
Freespirit on April 28th, 2011
I was smiling just reading your experience. Well done Mike! You more than deserve it. Enjoy the job.
Jakez on May 10th, 2011
Made my day a bit better :)
Best of luck to you!
Floris on July 27th, 2011
Congrats on the Book Mike, great job!
Tony on April 26th, 2011
Hi Mike,
I would be grinning from ear to ear also if I had a book in THE Apple Store. Quite an accomplishment. All that and an earthquake. Quite a week. Love the pix.
Congrats and all the best in the new job.