Blog: "Finish your damn sandwich and come help me out!"

With the close of the Summer season and the transition into Fall, it's back to work as usual.
Here in Vancouver it seems like an almost instantaneous change. 3 months of sunshine, right until Oct 1, then the rains. When it rains, it pours out here in the West Coast and it doesn't stop until hmm....next May! Surprisingly we've had some Indian Summer days to remind us what we can look forward to next year.

We've also gone through some exciting changes here at Function Point. Besides the much anticipated client-extranet and re-writes, we have physically moved into our brand new office.
Fortunately, I have a patio, window and sunroof in my office. Unfortunately the rain makes a very loud background noise on the phone, so despite what people think, we are not in igloos or in tents or in the mountains. Not mentioning anyone...Big Gator (aka Chris Spiro ) who has kindly given me the nickname "Moose" and even in our meetings addresses me as "Moose", not "Goose" as in Top Gun, but "Moose."

With the Fall season approaching, it seems as though everyone is getting down to business and trying to implement of Fp system to cut costs and better manage their resources. Function Point is growing at an alarming rate, and as Manager of the Deployment sector, things have never been busier. Lunch has suddenly become a privilege not a right, as my good friend Nicholas from Ferrand Communications gently stated:

"Finish your damn sandwich and come help me out!"

This is very fitting as I always get teased for eating 7 meals a day, or pretty much an equivalent to a sandwich every hour!

New clients, new office, and new features makes Fp the place to be.
Definitely looking forward to finishing off the year strong and looking forward to the upcoming year!

Ryan Chan
Deployment Manager and Head Trainer

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