First Day

Oh MAN I'm tired.

Today was my first day of work at Novozymes North America, in Franklinton, NC. For those unacquainted, Novo. is the world leader in bioinnovations (I got that from their website, of course). One should probably read "bioinnovations" as "enzyme innovation and production". The company develops and produces enzymes for detergents, animal feed (it reduces phosphates in waste, apparently), fuel production, etc. I'll be working in fuel production, and I can't say terribly much because I'm not sure how much I'm allowed to talk about.

I'm going through orientation, which is basically an information flood. The take-home points: my benefits are better than I thought they were, my 401k is better than I thought it was, everyone is cool at Novo, and everyone goes by crazy non-initial abbreviations. It's the weirdest system, but I guess it's because of the size of the company and its international nature (it's based in Denmark). Everyone ends up with 4 or fewer letters based on their name, but it's seldom just standard initials. Since I'm Michael John Akerman, I might end up as MJAk or MiAk or, my favorite, MAke.

The drive is a little long, but it's cathartic. There is no traffic heading out of Raleigh in the morning.

By my hand,
~Michael Akerman