Disclaimer: All of the names in this blog have been changed to protect me.
Hello, My name is Caterina. Okay, it really isn't, but it's close to my real name. After more than 15 years as a drink server (better known as a cocktail waitress) in a casino, I've realized it's time to get a real job. The money was great as a drink server, but I just can't make myself do that degrading job anymore. After two and a half years working casino surveillance, I've decided IT work might be the career for me. I enjoy the work I do with computers and compared to the people around me I seem to have a knack for it. And an interest.
Originally this blog was simply going to be about my attempt to transition from a dead end job in casino surveillance to a career in IT within the next year. However, personal issues surrounding my family keep popping up lately. I said "good-bye" to my parents and two of my siblings 10 years ago. I haven't seen or heard much from my whole family in that decade. I left that life behind. Now, I find myself running into and getting phone calls from family members I haven't seen in a long time. I recently got a Facebook page. I've gone from this quite separated, compartmentalized life, to all the moments of my life touching each other on Facebook. I don't know what will become of it.
Will the next year be a success story or a train wreck? I'm rooting for a success story, but, it seems, train wrecks are easier to make. I hope this blog will hold me accountable and push me on to the life I'd rather live.
Wish me luck.
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People in the Surveillance Room
Hello, My name is Caterina. Okay, it really isn't, but it's close to my real name. After more than 15 years as a drink server (better known as a cocktail waitress) in a casino, I've realized it's time to get a real job. The money was great as a drink server, but I just can't make myself do that degrading job anymore. After two and a half years working casino surveillance, I've decided IT work might be the career for me. I enjoy the work I do with computers and compared to the people around me I seem to have a knack for it. And an interest.
Originally this blog was simply going to be about my attempt to transition from a dead end job in casino surveillance to a career in IT within the next year. However, personal issues surrounding my family keep popping up lately. I said "good-bye" to my parents and two of my siblings 10 years ago. I haven't seen or heard much from my whole family in that decade. I left that life behind. Now, I find myself running into and getting phone calls from family members I haven't seen in a long time. I recently got a Facebook page. I've gone from this quite separated, compartmentalized life, to all the moments of my life touching each other on Facebook. I don't know what will become of it.
Will the next year be a success story or a train wreck? I'm rooting for a success story, but, it seems, train wrecks are easier to make. I hope this blog will hold me accountable and push me on to the life I'd rather live.
Wish me luck.
Score Card pages:
People in the Surveillance Room
We All Struggle With Our Position
Posted 09-02-2010 at 02:59 PM by Inconversant
Jake, the IT admin guy, quit. Just quit. I came into work on my Monday and got the blow-by-blow from June here in Surveillance. He got a job at the casino across the street. I've heard terrible things about the management across the street. This was Jake's first job at a casino. I hope he thought this move out carefully.
And Jake will still be available to help me, but he won’t be as available as he was when he worked in the room across the hall. So, I’ll have to throw a wider net. I’m trying to make a sort of website of A+ information. I’ll send the information I collect out via e-mail to people in-the-know and ask for comments on the content.
Both Collin and Frank interviewed for the Surveillance Tech position left by Larry. Sean, the IT Manager, sat in on the interviews. I wasn’t there when Frank interviewed, but I was there when Collin interviewed. I didn’t hear the interview, of course, but I noticed the interview took only 15 minutes. When Collin left he looked annoyed. I hope that means he didn’t get the job. He makes a big enough mess of things in the room without the title of “Tech”. Collin was one of the coworkers who couldn’t figure out the buttons on the mouse were switched to a left handed setting. He called IT for help. Now he wants to be the Tech?
I won't be alone during this upcoming Winter of Discontent.
And Jake will still be available to help me, but he won’t be as available as he was when he worked in the room across the hall. So, I’ll have to throw a wider net. I’m trying to make a sort of website of A+ information. I’ll send the information I collect out via e-mail to people in-the-know and ask for comments on the content.
Both Collin and Frank interviewed for the Surveillance Tech position left by Larry. Sean, the IT Manager, sat in on the interviews. I wasn’t there when Frank interviewed, but I was there when Collin interviewed. I didn’t hear the interview, of course, but I noticed the interview took only 15 minutes. When Collin left he looked annoyed. I hope that means he didn’t get the job. He makes a big enough mess of things in the room without the title of “Tech”. Collin was one of the coworkers who couldn’t figure out the buttons on the mouse were switched to a left handed setting. He called IT for help. Now he wants to be the Tech?
I won't be alone during this upcoming Winter of Discontent.
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