Managed to wake up nice and early for my first day at work and I now know that to get to work on time I need to leave the house by 7:30am. The trains on the way home are packed like sardine cans but if you wait another 6 minutes you can usually hit a train that’s less scary when it comes to invasion of personal space. Home by 5:15pm. Not bad. <\/p>\n
I had to cancel my P&B meeting this afternoon to attend a meeting related to one of my portfolios – ooh, I have portfolios – so it’s been rescheduled for first thing tomorrow am. <\/p>\n
I don’t have any IDs or a computer yet but hopefully that will be sorted out in the next day or so. Until then I have lots of reading to do.<\/p>\n
My new boss and co-workers are very upbeat and friendly. People seem to enjoy what they’re doing which is always a good sign. I’m the only external hire in the group so others have a really good grasp on the services offered in the department. What I bring to the table is a lot of software and development experience.<\/p>\n
My summer vacation is approved as is an upcoming day off to write my final exam for my Mil Psych class. The other two exams are written in the evenings so I have nothing to worry about there.<\/p>\n
The office is downtown which will take a bit of getting used to. I’ve never really spent any time downtown so I don’t know my way around well. However, since the gov’t offices are spread out everywhere, I’m sure I’ll learn quickly. If I do get lost my phone has google maps on it and can help with directions.<\/p>\n
Overall it was a very nice first day. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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