Ms. Follet visited the plant today! While it ensured that Rick and I had a custom deck to walk her through (which we later sent to other department heads), it also put me on the clock. Ms. Follet walked along the factory floor today, seeing: mixing, forming, baking, packaging, and even a small chunk of the warehouse. I think she was thoroughly impressed by the scope of the operation (millions of food per month is daunting), and by the sheer amount of corporate policies when juxtaposed to other WEPs (many startups).
Needless to say, the truncated time trick worked: I finally fixed my VBA issue.
Gary consequently spent an hour tossing random data against my solution, even going so far as to delete the entries entirely… somehow, due to the magic of VBA that I don’t even understand, it worked with an unintended (yet PREFERRED) consequence.
Tomorrow, my last day at the plant, will be sad: I’ve come to love the job, with it fostering new interests and a new appreciation for data. While I’ve always enjoyed programming, data analytics, and industrial engineering, the business world provided me a new depth of understanding of their intermingling and the viability of my current trajectory. Leaving the finance department behind will be tough, though I’m confident in my mark remaining. Tomorrow will involve more VBA coding with a new task, as well as some new graphs to make and explain. Looking forward to another great day.