Designing my future dream house

How to use Vectorworks software

My second week at Vectorworks started with the weekly sales meeting. In this meeting, we discussed the sales performance and to ensure that our target sales are still on plan. During the afternoon, I started to analyze and visualize a list of prospects for our Architecture and Entertainment sales teams. To group the prospects by equally strong territories, I had to first develop KPI’s that display the value of each state. To do so, I collected and researched data about current performance and recurring revenue as well as the potential for sales within the Entertainment and Architecture industry for every state in the US.

On Tuesday, AJ, a Sales Support Representative, asked if I would like to join him and meet some friends for bowling after work. We had a great time and ended with a late-night dinner at an all-American diner.

Maryland blue crabs

Everyone told me that eating Maryland blue crabs is a tradition, so even though I usually do not eat seafood, I had to try them. After a few rounds of “Giant Party Pong”, Josh and Linda (the Sales Operations Project Coordinator and the only other German working at Vectorworks) grabbed me and introduced me to a couple of crabs laying on the table spiced and salted ready to be eaten. Josh taught me how to properly open and peel a crab to get to the meat. It takes a lot of effort in terms of peeling the crab to get to a little bit of crab meat, but it was well worth it, delicious and a fun experience.

Sports bar or basement?

There are a lot of challenging bike trails in my neighborhood, so I grabbed my bike and explored the area on Saturday morning. In the afternoon, Josh picked me up and invited me to watch the Alabama football game with his brothers. We bought buffalo wings, pulled pork, tortillas chips and dip and watched the game in his brother’s basement which he had converted into a sports bar furnished with 2 big TV- screens (so we could watch golf and football simultaneously) and a large family size sofa.

On to the Gallery

On Sunday, Dave (the Director of Product Technology) invited me to join him on his trip to the National Gallery of Art in Washington DC. We took the metro in the morning and spent a couple of hours between Jackson Pollock, Marine paintings from the Dutch golden age, and other interesting paintings and artists.

The third Monday, I started visualizing all edited data on an US map and decided with Josh how to set up the different territories. We started to develop a west-, mid-, north- and east area for our sales representatives.

Hospitably, obliging and polite – not at Dick’s Last Resort

Afterwards, we had dinner at “Dick’s Last Resort”. This restaurant chain is well-known for their intentionally obnoxious staff and their wacky décor. The waitress was being rude on purpose, trying at all times to create an uncomfortable situation by making snarky comments. For example, we were missing napkins and when we asked for them they were just thrown at us. They tied bibs around our necks and made us wear paper hats with funny sayings on them. In the end, it’s all in good fun and even the waitress couldn’t help but laugh herself.