The end of the valley
Well its finally coming to the end of my week in Silicon Valley on my New Hire Field Training at BEA’s headquarters. All in all its been a good week - I’ve learnt lots of stuff and most importantly met lots of really great people. I’ve got to take a peek at all the main products - a really impressive line-up - and got to meet many of the key folks in the various teams, plus I’ve got to see the existing BEA headquarters before they move to their new home in downtown San Jose.
My time at the DoubleTree hotel has also been fine in terms of the room and staff, however last night was my 3rd false alarm fire bell in under a week - slightly excessive. The problem is they don’t announce on the tannoy it is a false alarm and so you end up going down stairs and back round to reception before you find out - definitely a bit annoying at 11pm like it was last night.
San Jose and the surrounding area is OK too - nothing special - but nice nevertheless. If you are looking for some restaurant recommendations - check out Sino (an Asian restaurant on Santana Row) which serves a great mix of Asian food and McCormick and Schmick’s which serves excellent fish downtown.
Lets hope air traffic control at San Francisco airport are a bit better than when I arrived so I make it home before work again on Monday!
November 16th, 2007 at 1:31 pm
I guess you can forgive them for being a bit sensitive to fire at the moment