The LA Office
On Fridays we always have a BBQ at work back in Sydney, as part of the office culture. I'm happy to say this has been brought to the LA office too! I was quite impressed with my first BBQ out here. They're keen to be doing it.
The office is in an area of LA called Culver City. Our particular area is in a business park type complex. Spread out buildings, lots of parking etc. It has quite a nice warehouse-ish atmosphere. Feels more like being at a small start up (again!) but in a proper office space. Small focused group, almost operating as a skunkworks unit away from the main Sydney body.
I miss my computer setup from sydney (both home and the office for that matter!) - surviving on a 13" laptop + 20" lcd is more limiting. #firstworldproblems. Due to the time difference between LA and Sydney, work here is 11-8, rather than 9-6 in sydney. It makes for 4 hours of overlap between the offices which is pretty vital for communication. I don't mind the hours much, as I'm used to working later, although it does make it difficult to do much with the evening!
Overall a good atmosphere, I'm looking forward to a couple of months work with the crew
