New Linden Liaison
Monday, December 4th, 2006 at 4:58 PM by: CharWelcome to Rika!
Rika joins us with awesome Japanese language skills so she’ll be listening into Live Help to hear requests coming in there and I’m sure will hear your hellos here as well! We are so happy to have her on the team and hope you are too. =)
Also on the topic of Liaisons we are still receiving quite a few resumes for Liaison. If you have applied and haven’t heard back its quite possible we have not read through your resume yet. We will be contacting back those who we are interested in interviewing. Thanks for the continued interest! -Char
December 4th, 2006 at 5:18 PM
Hi Rika, welcome to Second Life, and congrats on becoming a Liason if you were a Resi before!
Can I have your bear? ^_^
December 4th, 2006 at 5:19 PM
Why cant there Be Teen Lindens? WHY WHY WHY….evil ll
December 4th, 2006 at 5:23 PM
OMG congrats Rika! Look forward to seein’ ya inworld.
Jesse, I think she already knows Char posted this, but I’ll remind her of your bear request.
aeper, I mentioned to you before to ask Blue Linden about internship opportunities. Might wanna do that!
December 4th, 2006 at 5:26 PM
welcome rika! =)
December 4th, 2006 at 5:32 PM
domo arrigato linden san (don’t know if that’s the right way of saying it)
December 4th, 2006 at 5:37 PM
Welcome to the Linden family, Rika.
Hyperstar: That was a good effort in Romanji. Japanese has enough nuances that I still barely understand it even after months of casual study.
December 4th, 2006 at 5:47 PM
Run!! Run, Rika, while you still can O.O
LOL I’m just kidding. Well mostly
I hope you enjoy your new job and it doesn’t get you down. And welcome aboard, thanks for wanting to make a difference.
December 4th, 2006 at 5:52 PM
Welcome to the club, Rika. Many people will be happy to see you in-world.
December 4th, 2006 at 5:58 PM
I am applying for an internship in >2 years =D.
Love ya linden labz
December 4th, 2006 at 6:00 PM
by the way, Super amazing congrats Rika!
December 4th, 2006 at 6:09 PM
おめでとうございますりかさん！
December 4th, 2006 at 6:32 PM
WTG Raki and good luck to you
December 4th, 2006 at 6:33 PM
Looking for any Russian liasons ?
December 4th, 2006 at 7:14 PM
Welcome Rika, I hope you have a wonderful time with second life!
December 4th, 2006 at 7:14 PM
おめでとう。今後大変お世話になります！不思議だけど。現在（V1.13(8))), In-Worldで日本語の入力ができないのに、日本語のサポートがあります。その論理が解りにくいが、頑張ってください！
December 4th, 2006 at 8:13 PM
Konichiwa Rika-san, Hope you like it on the grid. I know its a real blast normaly
December 4th, 2006 at 11:00 PM
[...] Linden today announced the employment of Rika Linden, a Japanese speaking liasion person. It’s encouraging to see the growth of multi-lingual capability in-world. I personally believe an Australian liasion person is probably needed as we speak real English and it may not be understood by other alleged English speakers [...]
December 4th, 2006 at 11:51 PM
Will you be sending “thanks but no thanks” letters to those who aren’t successful applicants? I know it’s not the american way - but in other parts of the world it is considered courteous to still acknowledge a person’s interest even if they were not considered right for interview.
As SL is now truly international, perhaps it’s time to consider doing some things other ways - because ‘the american way’ isn’t always the best.
Broccoli
December 5th, 2006 at 1:09 AM
おめでとう !
December 5th, 2006 at 5:10 AM
Greetings Rika! I’m pleased to know another Linden has joined Linden Lab. ^^
Out of curiosity… the name Rika, any relation to the Newman Rika from Phantasy Star IV The End of the Millenium?
December 5th, 2006 at 6:13 AM
Heya Rika! WTG on the awesome new job! ^.^
Any advice for writing resumes to Linden Labs? As a potential international applicant myself, I’m a little anxious about doing it for the Americans. In my country of Canada, job success classes tell us that the Resume is almost nothing to an employer, just a formality, and the Cover Letter is everything. My American friends tell me it’s completely opposite in the U.S.
What’s it like for a Japanese applicant?
December 5th, 2006 at 6:17 AM
Welcome Rika! Congrats!
December 5th, 2006 at 7:01 AM
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Congrats Rika!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!omg what an honor!!!!!
~*~prays~*~
Dear Linden Gods Let me be next!!!!!!
!!!!!huggies & besos!!!!!
~
December 5th, 2006 at 7:45 AM
OMG a new Linden and kitty found out RUNNNN welcome rika watch out for kitty she wants your teddy
anyways welcome and i look forward to saying hi one day
December 5th, 2006 at 7:50 AM
Welcome Rika! Always good to have more international Lindens on the team.
So, can we get a テディーベア?
Yeah, that’s probably totally butchered. The closest thing I can get to speaking Japanese is a translator. But maybe a point for effort?
I love teddy bears…that’s why I named my shop the Teddy Bear Workshop, even though I sell scripted gadgets and such.
December 5th, 2006 at 8:20 AM
Welcome Rika! I’m sure you will find many Japanese speaking individuals that are thrilled to have someone that can help them in their native tongue. Myself not being one of them, but always good to have a diverse population!
*In reference to the “thanks, but no thanks” not being the American standard. I beg to differ, we do practice that, it is actually up to the individual employer. I infact got a “rejection call” on the telephone a week ago. And in reference to the cover letter better than the resume, usually the cover letter helps an employer get a snapshot view, but they do read the resume here, again up to the individual employer and how much time they want to dedicate to finding the right person(s)*
December 5th, 2006 at 11:54 AM
おめでとうございますりかさん！
December 5th, 2006 at 2:14 PM
Alas, Canadian apparently isn’t a language, or I’d apply for ‘Canada-Speaking Liaison’
December 5th, 2006 at 3:55 PM
Welcome Rika
BTW Canajun is too a lanwage, eh! Whether you live in Tronna, Lotus Lan, PG, Cowtown, The ‘Peg, Bytown, Monreal, on Da Rock, or ust Away there are many variations on ways to say “Whaterya at?”
December 5th, 2006 at 8:33 PM
now now Vengence Keon… u know me better then that lil brother…
~evil grin
hehehe
umm
~Wide open eye.. looks around in a panic~
!?!??!TeAdY?!??!!?
Someone Say TEADY!>?
December 6th, 2006 at 5:35 PM
First and most importantly, I would like to thank EVERYONE for welcoming me. I appreciate the warm welcomes, kind thoughts, and spirited excitement this new responsibility comes with. I am here for you and I am looking forward to helping you in every way possible. Not to worry, I can assist you in both English and Japanese. Here are just a few specific replies I need to address:
>Millie Thompson: No, unfortunately “Rika” is not from “Phantasy Star IV The End of the Millenium”. Rika is a popular name in Japanese and I wanted to become her, here in-world.
>Neard Harbinger and everyone else: As far as “getting” my “teddy bear”, I will let everyone know when it becomes available. Good things take time… great things take a little longer.
>Tyken,Kinzo,Jesrad,Matrix:
ありがとうございます。まだまだ至らないことがあり勉強中ですが、頑張ります。
どうぞよろしくお願いします。