Today, I was the guest for “Esri Canada On-Air”, a semi-monthly interview show at work. It’s run by Alia and Alice at work, and they invite a mystery guest and then interview them on Teams in front of an audience. They’ve been running the show for two “seasons” so far, and I was the last guest of the second season.
The first part of the show is the “teaser hints” that start a couple days before. If people guess who the guest is, they win a little prize.
Our guest can easily win the award for attending most of Esri Canada On-Air episodes – (that’s a mini hint). A musician by association… our guest is the proud owner of five – seven guitars, but in their own words “isn’t really good at playing them”. Know someone who fits the bill?
A couple of people actually guessed it was me based on that. Should I be insulted?
Teaser no. 2: One of our guest’s true disappointment in life is that none of their children like Star Wars. Although, after the last couple of movies, that might be a good thing.
The interview went well, with a lot of topics including what I do for Esri, how I got there, how my family has dealt with COVID, ping-pong, the fact that all my cultural references are out of date, and other things. I’m glad I stepped up, and it seemed that the audience enjoyed it. I was glad Mike G. was there, and asked a couple of questions at the end. He’s been at Esri longer than I have.
A good idea by the company to help employees know one another.