okay, now that im home, i get to tell you what happened. and tbh, i feel pretty badass, and im happy that everything lined up just perfectly to get this result.
WW03.5, we received a heavy workload, so i enabled the automations i had been writing the last several months.
WW04.2, i was informed i was being laid off in two weeks
WW06.2 (yesterday) was supposed to be my last day at intel. however, my boss dropped the ball, and never informed me how to actually return my laptop, despite asking him multiple times.
WW06.3 (today):
my boss called me at noon:
hey ashten. i know you still have your laptop. i need you to log onto it and answer some questions that i DMed you really quick. also, once you've done that, i need you to drive to the JF3 campus and return your laptop before 4pm.
i logged on, and his DM said the ticket i created on WW03.5 was incorrect. so, i looked it over. the only mistake i made with it was that i had accidentally misattributed the color. it was supposed to be a blue release, not an orange release. so, i corrected it and DMed him that that was the only mistake i made.
(yes, i agree, this color system is confusing. this is why i made that mistake in the first place.)
i hopped in the car and spent an hour driving to JF3. i had only been to JF3 once before, so it was new to me.
as soon as i rolled into the parking lot, i got another call from my boss. i told him i was JUST about to return my laptop.> oh, uhm, really quick, before you do that, i need you to log on really quick and answer a few more questions i had.
there's no wifi in the parking lot (of course), so i hop out and head to the JF3 lobby and scan my badge. the badge scanner alarmed, however, and after some back and forth with the desk attendant, i guess my badge was already deactivated, but since i still needed to return my laptop, they would be providing me a security escort.
while i waited, i sat down in the lobby and booted up my laptop.
dm from boss:> okay, but how did you manage to do 450 test cases in 8 hours??? that shouldnt be possible!
(most technicians complete about 50-100 TCs per day if they push themselves)
escort:> hi ashten! im here to escort you to return your laptop!
me, replying to my boss> yes, those are all test cases i automated, and thus, were all completed within 8 hours.
my security escort is here now, so that's all i can do for you. good luck!
i shut down my laptop, and let security escort me.