I am in three days' holiday. 23th(Mon) is holiday, Victoria Day. It is birthday
of before queen. I am enjoying something fully, having a dinner or playing
soccer etc. Exactly. It's holiday for a moment... After quit my job, I run to
the front of development at once and I take days to program everyday
though I had had blank for 4 months. It's shock therapy without term of
rehabilitation ^^; I feel exciting with having several means because they
give the project of developing Android Widget in relation to Java.
For around 2 weeks, I have faced to learn how to make Android Apps
with feeling cry a little bit and I just got better bit by bit. Although I had
been with Web development, Mobile Application differ. I have got to be
on my guard so I have things which I don't know so much. Even I am
described functional information, I can't image how to programming!
I haven't seen this situation since I was hired at a first company.
Development Mobile Application Company
I want to introduce the company , I work, again. The company, were
founded 3 years ago, develops mobile applications. They has around 17
employee. The office is at suite where you can get there by street car
from downtown and is in building which has shopping mall and offices.
Their main field was Web Application Development until a few months ago.
But they seemed to shift their field to Mobile Application Development.
They develop Mobile Application of iPhone, Android and BlackBerry.
Of course, they can also develop Web Application. The employee, is over
half of all, are developer. There are many Asian people in employees,
Korean, Chinese, India. Japanese is only me. Their running style is one
project manager has some of project and developer make applications
alone or with team. In this connection, all project is entrusted development
without outsourcing.
-Work hours : 9:30-10 to 18-18:30
-Vacation : 2 weeks(except holiday)
-No health benefits(*They are planning to roll it out soon. But I'm not sure.)
This is my offer. Work hours is like free though it is defined briefly. One
co-worker come at 11AM. Another co-worker leave at 5PM. The result
is important, not time. Daily work description is not. And of course, dress
code is casual. They roughed me so I clothed suit on the first day :)
Setting environment
On the first day, I did "Setting environment", It is common in IT industry.
It is to set laptop they gave. The laptop is Windows 7 PC. I was given it
after making account on that laptop. Then my boss said...
"Please setup environment of developing for Android."
Just that.
There are no manual documents for setting, it's common in Japan.
I can and I could do that. But I didn't think I had to setup with no information.
So I said that I don't have an experience to develop Android Apps in
an interviews. However the manual documents mat not be necessary
because you can figure out anything by searching yourself in near years.
Even it was mede, It will be done away with because of no maintenance.
After that, as he said "I will give your mail address. Please setup it."
Then I waited for that with installing mail software. But they use Google Apps.
In addition, It is Free edition. Google Apps is groupware with using own
domain.Though they are one of company, using Free edition gave me
to feel like foreign company. I was surprised at that because the company
, I worked before, use it with Premier Edition to security running availability
etc when they introduced Google Apps. Although developer life in Canada
is begun with feeling speedy or different culture from first day like this,
I got a reliable friend.
Louis
He is a student of University of Toronto(U of T) who joined at same day
with me. He came in Toronto 5 years ago from China. He will graduate
this summer and joined this company on intern. U of T also is an university
which this company's employers graduated. The my seat is beside of him.
We have a lunch together and back to home together everyday. And he
teach English to me in spare moments from his work. So He is a reliable
person for me. He care of me because when he came, he can't speak English
vert well then he spent hard time. We will have a time to play soccer
so he loves soccer too. He also try to learn how to develop iPhone Apps
hardly in iPhone Apps development team. I think we will have relation
for long time.
I spend to learn how to develop Android Apps only more than study English
right now. There are many thing I don't know like no time to chatting
with co-workers... Moreover I heard one of employee was fired, a few
days ago then the pressure was on. I asked another co-worker about to
fire employee. It is common in Canada. Employer can fire their employee
using some reason if it is during probationary period. I checked my contracts
again then my probationary period was 4 months.
I have to output the result steadily..... One will weep on tomorrow.
Talk to you soon!
