New job, Week 4

A quick report on my new job, going into week four. Man, it's different working here than it was working at Carlisle. Most of it is different in a good way.

It is so nice to have more than 2 people in the IT department. There are a lot of things that happen from day to day that I simply don't have to worry about on a daily basis, like the nightly backups, das blinken lights on the servers in the server room, etc. I can, for the most part, concentrate on projects that I need to get done without a ton of interruptions.

And, wouldn't you know it, I met up with another person today that works here that I knew from way back when I started at Carlisle. Weird how they seem to end up here... guess that's a good thing.

Back to projects.

The Sad State of My Blog (An Apology)

Okay, so yes, my blog has languished in disuse for too long. Can we remedy this please?

Well, I've started a new job. Good-bye to S4 Carlisle Publishing Services, the company that gave me my first career opportunity. I was there for eleven years! That's longer than some people are at their first four jobs!

Hello to Woodward Communications, Inc. It is a much bigger company, with subsidiaries and everything. I'm still in IT, but it will be a markedly different experience here. I'm going from a department of 2 (me and my manager) to a department of 9. That, and I will be doing a lot of the support for our subsidiaries, so that means I'll be able to get out of the office from time to time. Something that I am looking forward quite a bit.

It's been a scary transition. I haven't started a new long-term employment in 11 years. This whole "first day on the job" thing is pretty freaky, but I'm getting over it. Day four, and I haven't blown anything up, and they haven't asked me to leave yet, so I must be doing something right :)

Well, my lunch hour is almost over, so I will sign out for now.