Once I got the software development bug at Mirage and Bellagio, I was passionate about pushing the envelope farther.
· One thing
· Led to another.
· And each left me
· Wanting to do more.
In the 4 years after the Bellagio opening, the state of software, network, and internet development made things eminently more possible. For Wynn Las Vegas, we designed a completely online applicant capture and tracking system that could automate and analyze every step of the hiring process. And then we decided to make the rest of HR paperless – from onboarding to separation, and everything in between. We hired developers from PeopleSoft and challenged them to develop software that would use all its features. The most exciting moment came when we opened the application line at midnight on November 1st. We weren’t certain what would happen – nobody had tried taking applications online for hourly positions prior to that. At the appointed hour we held our breath and waited – at first, nothing happened. But then the first application came in, then more, and at the end of 24 hours we had more than 12,000 applications; in the following 5 weeks, 120,000 more were received online. We were over the moon that we’d created something that wasn’t’ there before. If you’re passionate about something, don’t give up on your dreams. Make them into something new today.
Neil Gaiman (born 1960): English screenwriter and author of short fiction, novels, comic books, graphic novels, and audio theatre.
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