{"id":51,"date":"2026-03-04T01:53:38","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T01:53:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/therealbrennanmccloud.com\/?p=51"},"modified":"2026-03-05T00:04:23","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T00:04:23","slug":"my-mccloud-experience-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/therealbrennanmccloud.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/04\/my-mccloud-experience-3\/","title":{"rendered":"My McCloud Experience"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The actual Job&#8230;.Part 3<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you&#8217;ve been with us so far, it will come to no surprise that the job was not as advertised by the website. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Shocker, I know&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My first day was Dec 1st, 2025. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I did get work, but there wasn&#8217;t any &#8220;AI Deployment&#8221; or &#8220;Data Intelligence &amp; Analytics&#8221;. It was cable running, device replacements, and hours of service rep calls. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As I Mentioned in Part 1, I actually really enjoyed it. 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