Dirty Hands and the Day's Events

Well, I got my hands dirty today.  A couple days ago, I did not expect it to happen.  Of course, the way I got my hands dirty was not quite what I had in mind.  For my first three days at work, I have been taking up a corner of a colleagues desk.  Not he most optimal setup, since part of his desk also hosts a printer.  They found me some space and a spare desk in an office that was not set up to fully optimize the space.  So today along with some help, I re-arranged an office.*  And now I have a workspace, a nice chair and even managed to improve the office a bit with some self-stick hooks on a door to hold our coats.

* So it is not racking a server, but it was a nice diversion.  And who says racking servers is all that great anyway. 

I don't need much, just a place where I can do some work.  Speaking of work, I am beginning to understand some things here.  The organization structure is more clear to me, the roles that people play with in the structure.  I am also beginning to identify some components of what will become the Informatics Services Core (ISC) strategic plan.*  Yes, yes, there is still much more work to be done.  I need to really get a handle on the myriad of projects underway, queued up in the pipeline and on the drawing board; come up with a change/release management policy and well there is much more.

* I've finally settled on ISC.  No more changes, unless I get push back from those above me. 

All in all, it was a good day.