Well I’ve been here at IGT for a week and two days.  So far it has been up and down.  At first I was told that I wouldn’t be receiving my computer for a couple weeks, then I got it the second day.  Then I was told that I wouldn’t be receiving my signing bonus until the end of August, then I got it the first Friday after I started!  I was also told I’d be receiving my badge which lets me into the labs and the entrance to the building we’re in on Friday…well I still haven’t received that.  That is mainly due to the fact that they don’t keep track of paper work they have people fill out too well.

That was a big frustration at first.  I was sent a packet of papers to fill out, however since I didn’t have the address of where I would be moving, I had to put down my parents’ address.  That works, but it isn’t quite accurate.  When I got here I then had to fill out a few pages that I already did, but it wasn’t too big a deal.

Outside of the stresses of not receiving things on time, things have been better since I did receive the important things early.  I’ve been working on learning about what it is I was hired for.  I can’t tell too much, however it is the future of IGT, which is a pretty great feeling that I’m on such an important project.  It has been quite boring, frustrating, overwhelming, and interesting since I’ve been here due to everything I have to know.  Most of what I’ve been doing has been dealing with learning about the new system and trying to get it all understood…well there is much more than I was ever expecting.  Hopefully things will sink in soon and I can get onto helping my colleagus out.

Well that’s work stuff.  I’ll post later on how things are outside of here.

-Jason!

Wow what has happened since I last posted…

Well I finished my senior project, Piratopia.

I finished all of the required classesI needed.

I graduated from college with a BS in Software Engineering, an AE in Computer Engineering, and a minor in business.

Went to Washington and Canada for fourteen days.

Watched a couple weddings.

Moved into my new appartment in Corvallis.

And now today I start the first day (at IGT) of my lasting career.

Hopefully everything goes well which I am sure it will.

I’ll post later.

Jason

Once again I’ve slacked on updating my site.  I have no good excuse except that I’ve been quite busy with school this term.  To think that I have roughly 22 days till graduation comes around.  Once it comes around I’ll be enjoying some time off for about six weeks.  After that I’ll be taking on the title of Software Engineer I at International Game Technology.  Though it wasn’t my first pick, the thought of working there sure has grown on me.  I’m definitely looking forward to what the Corvallis area will bring. 

I’ll explain a bit more.  At the end of March I accepted an offer with IGT in the Corvallis location to work in the Server Base group doing C# development work.  Sounds like it’ll be quite interesting.  I just hope I am able to make many friends and that it is a great start to my future.  I’ll definitely miss the people I became friends with at Garmin, however I’ll do my best to keep in contact with them and perhaps one day I’ll apply with them for another shot working on their exciting products.

As for today, I’m currently driving down with 14 students to Santa Clarita, California (next to LA).  We’ll be heading to Six Flags tomorrow (opening of X2 that day!), then to Santa Monica State Beach on Sunday, followed with West Hollywood on Monday.  It’s going to be a blast of a trip!

I don’t know if people are reading this anymore, so if you are, please comment and let me know I still have interested people!

Until next time (which will be sooner),

Jason

I realized that I haven’t updated my site for quite a while.  I blame this on the fact that I’ve been so busy with school projects, my on-campus jobs, and looking for a job.  It’s been quite an intense term so far and not looking like its going to calm down any time soon.  The term ends towards the end of March so hopefully spring break will be fun and a worth while break.  I’ve got another term of five classes starting around April 1st, and I’m hoping it’ll be much nicer.  I’ve got three classes scheduled on site at OIT next term with two online through Chemeketa.  Shouldn’t be too bad of a term though.

Well for those who keep up on what I’m doing, here is a quick update.  I hope that you’ll keep in contact and wish me luck on finishing this term and finding an awesome job for after I graduate.

I’ve been slacking on updating “piratopia.com” so I’ll be sure to update that soon as well.  Be sure to take a look there as well.

Hi,  my name is Jason Gill.  I’m currently persuing a degree in Software Engineering at Oregon Tech (OIT, Oregon Institute of Technology).  It’s a great school, with a great engineering department, in a town that isn’t so great.

Since it is the summer, I’m partaking on an internship at Garmin AT.  I started June 25th and will be interning here for 6-months (December 28th) MECOP internship.  So far it has been a great experience and am really glad that I’m here (I just got my second paycheck!!!).

I’ve got a great girlfriend who is very understanding of me and loves me for who I am.  Her name is Christina, and on July 30th (10 days) we’ll have been together for 2 whole years.

Well I’ll jot more stuff down as the days go by.  Thanks for taking a look at my site here, and have a great day.

J!