It’s been over a month since I started working at RDC, and I’m still liking it. Oh yes, I am!
The biggest thing I like about my job is that I’m doing something that I really like. As a systems administrator, I’m in charge of providing support to everyone in the company, so that means that I’m basically responsible for keeping the HelpDesk moving. People have all sorts of “issues”, and they range from silly operator errors ( Something not plugged in… seriously) to things that I’m not even sure what’s going on.
That is basically my primary role, for now. A couple of weeks ago, we upgraded the program that everyone uses to get their work done. It’s called Medinformatix, and it does a lot, but the way things are done sometimes leave much to be desired. The first week after the update, I was working almost 10 hours a day, but the time flew by because we were busy trying to fix things up. It was a lot of work, and a bit of a chaos, but overall it was a good experience - for me at least.
This dance is still going, but we’re slowly finishing patching everything up. Most of the problems are either oversights in the programming, or lack of training.
Once that settles down, I will be learning a bit more about networking and other things that I’ll find out as they come.
Ok, so I like my job. But there’s something else that makes this particular occupation the best professional experience I’ve ever ha, and that ’s the people I work with. Everyone is very nice, and they make me feel welcome. I’m not going to go into detail about who, what they do or anything else that would help an internet detective :sherlock: find the. But let’s just say that I really like them, and working with them makes a big difference on my attitude and performance.
Something that drives this point home for me is that we do things outside work. Go to lunch, walk to the store across the street to grab a soda… or go after work hours to a bar, to happy hour, and spend a couple of hours hanging out. Stef was pretty surprised about this, and said that the last thing she imagines after a Friday is spending more time with people from work. To that, I said “that’s how I used to feel, until I started working with people who I actually like being with”. :)
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