{"id":15091,"date":"2019-08-28T13:00:14","date_gmt":"2019-08-28T12:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.architect-us.com\/blog\/?p=15091"},"modified":"2022-09-12T14:24:27","modified_gmt":"2022-09-12T12:24:27","slug":"first-month-gone-by-fast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.architect-us.com\/blog\/2019\/08\/first-month-gone-by-fast\/","title":{"rendered":"First month gone by fast!"},"content":{"rendered":"

So, my first month working in the US as an Architect is gone!<\/p>\n

I got here 5 days before I started my new job. I use those days to get a new SIM card, to explore around the area of and basically to see and learn how long it will take me to get to work since I am staying in Queens, NY and MVMK Architecture<\/strong>, my new firm, is located in Hoboken NJ<\/p>\n

It takes me around 1 hour to get to work every day, I have to take the 7 train from Queens and get off at Times Square stop, then walk around 5 minutes to the Port Authority Bus station where I take the NJ Transit Bus #126 to Hoboken.<\/p>\n

It sounds like a lot, but commuting to work here it’s pretty common and I am getting used to it, and this will be until I rent something closer to work, I spent that time reading some book that I got from the Queens Public Library.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

I strongly recommend joining the public library from your area, its free and it has a lot of benefits (not only books) like you can use computers and copiers.<\/p>\n

Hoboken its a really beautiful town, it’s small and has a lot of historical buildings, its 15 min away from Manhattan with means is not the cheapest option for renting.<\/p>\n

In this short time, I already have done and learned a lot, I have visited a lot of places especially in NYC like the Central Park, The Brooklyn Bridge and even went to a Mets game in the CitiField Stadium.<\/p>\n

At work, the first days were supper Stressful since I had to get used to a lot of new things, like the units system: inches & feet or the paper sizes: Tabloid, Full size, etc.<\/p>\n

But after a couple of weeks, everything becomes easier<\/strong> and as I said before you just get used to it<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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\"Port,<\/p>\n

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