Ch-ch-ch-changes

Just gonna have to be a different man
Time may change me
But I can't trace time

Bowie’s lyrics never sounded so true.

I took on a new job at work at little over 4 months ago and am just now starting to get the hang of it. It might be a little annoying and grating at times but doesn’t every job pretty much. They are now going to slide me over into Indi’s job since she will be leaving the company at the end of March.

Indi tells me that this is one of the greatest job that you can have. I sure hope so, the good thing is that Indi will be here to show me the ropes over the next couple of months. That is definitely a positive thing. I didn’t have that luxury with the job that I am in now. My soon-to-be old position will be taken over by a couple of people that work for the company that runs our interface system.

I wonder if the reason they are having me take over Indi’s job is because they are more afraid of the people taking over my job taking over her’s instead. I would guess that this means they are giving me a measured form of trust by letting me take over her job.

The guy who had my job before me I have been lead to believe was a screw-up that just about everyone in the group thought was more of a drag on the team than an asset. I was telling Indi the other day that it is much easier to take over for a screw-up than taking over for someone who everyone thinks is doing a great job.

Indi compiled a really good manual for me to follow and like I said she will be here to help me through the process of getting through my first full build cycle so that will be a tremendous help for me. She has timelines set up for how to put together each build.

One of the great things about her position is that you don’t have to worry about someone calling you late in the evening to tell you the system is broke (well except for the week after a new build goes in) or having to work on issues where you are having to depend on a lot of other people for it to be successful. This will be a MAJOR positive in my books.

So, if I seem a little out of sorts for the next 3 months or so just remember that I have to learn a new position all over again.

I do think that it is kind of funny that most of the people that I deal with on a regular basis so far that have found out that I am changing position are (at least) saying they are sorry to see that I am not going to be dealing with them on a regular basis anymore. That makes me feel good, maybe I am doing a better job than I am giving myself credit for. Man, I really need to work on my self esteem.

Well, I had better go. Trying to type this up and watching my Panthers getting beat 27-7 in the first half means I am not doing either well.

Later peeps….