10 Introductions 1 (1/2)
Milana's brows furrowed at Ci-ci's response.
She was normally a reserved person. In fact, it was only because of her anger that she was so outspoken right now. So, Ci-ci being so forward and honest with his response made Milana slightly uncomfortable. However, she could only move forward, pretending to not have heard what boiled down to a confession.
Clearing her throat and willing away the blood that threatened to rush to her soft cheeks, Milana turned to the other members of Petrov Technologies.
”I think it's best we start with some introductions.” Milana said, nodding toward the other Petrov Technologies employees. ”We're a small company. This building only exists as a meeting place for business. That includes requests, orders and board meetings led by our legitimate share holders.
That doesn't have to do much with us, though. Our job is to formulate quarterly plans based on the direction the company heads want to take us in. Including me and you, we have four total engineers. Aside from that, we have a single designer and a software specialist, who is among our engineers.”
Although Ci-ci didn't let it show, he already found issue with this setup.
It was good that they had many engineers, but only having one software specialist was a problem. Coding was a different beast entirely to its own. It was the step susceptible to maybe the most mistakes and the idea of a single person being responsible for finding and editing those mistakes was a problem.
This problem became even worse when you consider the scale of what Ci-ci wanted to do. Often, useful technology required consistent updates, bug fixes and troubleshooting. Petrov Technologies would never be able to disseminate their products widely with only a single person being responsible for all of those things.
The only saving grace was what it meant to be an Inventor.
The term Engineer was broad and wide reaching. Engineers could be responsible for anything from building a bridge, to mapping the electrical circuit of your home, to designing a statue for the bust of a worthy government official.
However, to be an Inventor, the minimum requirement was being serviceable in at least three facets of engineering. And Ci-ci just so happened to know that one of Milana's specialties was under the computer engineer umbrella. Meaning, maybe Petrov Technologies only having a single specialist was only in theory and not in practice.
That said. It still wasn't enough.
Seemingly reading Ci-ci's mind, Milana continued, ”We keep our numbers small because we outsource not only our production, but also the maintenance of our servers as well.”
Ci-ci's eyes flashed at this. 'Outsourcing servers? .. Interesting.'
”That aside, much of the small details about how our company works can be looked through by you later. But, for right now, it's best you meet the team and we get started on our quarterly plan.
The good news is that although everyone here has been here for at least a couple years, they're also the product of a revamp in our staff. So, it will be easier to grow with them as we're all within the same general age range.”