NEW
(Posted 2008-08-08 15:56:46 by ArchPaladin)

Since my last post I have ended my job at Sedona and started anew.

This new company is quite different, to say the least.  They are a lot
larger - the size of the division at the local office is as big as Sedona's
entire staff - and there is a lot more complexity to the products that the
company manages.  As a whole I like the new job.  I was very skeptical at
first, and my first day didn't go quite well, but each day has been better
than the last.  Of course, I have hit many technical hurdles that have
posed some interesting challenges: mail not working properly, building
badges not working (so I can't get into certain parts of the office that
I'm supposed to access), and many similar access control issues.  I find it
all rather amusing, as it provides a good contrast between what I did at
Sedona versus what is done here.  I am not sure whether my coworker at
Sedona and I ran a very tight ship, or if the problems were a lot smaller
because the company size was smaller.

One thing that has been interesting to notice over this past week (I
started Monday) is how similar people can be.  I notice a lot of familiar
physique types and facial structures that I've seen in people before, and I
notice also that I relate to those people similarly to whom I am reminded
even though they may be completely different people.  I also notice similar
personality traits that get repeated over and over again.  The company
houses a number of individuals that have been working in the technical
field for 30 years, and we have many of the stereotypes that said field has
acquired: larger waistlines, bad diets, crazy beards, obsessed with small
technical niches, and many similar things.  I think I've even spotted
someone who is OCD.

I didn't quite know what to expect for the job, but I am pleasantly
surprised.  My work at Sedona occasionally ran into the realm of "we need
this taken care of immediately or business will shut down permanently!"
type hand-waving, and while the people at the company were fairly laid back
when not working, they took on an excessive workload as a whole.  Here, I
don't think I'm in a department that runs the same.  The work here looks
quite challenging, but as it is primarily support based there is only so
much you can do at one time since interacting with people take up a part of
what goes on during the day.

Currently I'm only going through training and I haven't quite settled into
the normal grind.  However, if what I see is the normal state of affairs,
then I expect to be very pleased with my job.

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