(Quickly, as I’m technically on lunch.) Lots to do today, in addition to the usual first-day paperwork. Learning the network infrastructure; learning the physical layout of my desk and the various labs; learning a little about internal procedures and politics. Have a pager, a direct phone line, and a static IP now; just have to [...] [...]
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Last day at the old job, w00t. My desk is (mostly) ready for its next inhabitant; my office computer is getting crufty so it’s about to be re-built; my desk phone is about to get unplugged; and the last-minute requests and/or tributes are trickling in. (Best tribute so far: a big tray of espresso chocolate [...] [...] Well, it’s official: I’ve accepted an IT job in a research department at $UNIVERSITY, and tendered my resignation for my current position. The new job itself is somewhat similar to my current one: it’s a small IT department covering many independent subunits, and I’ll be geek-of-all-trades for a while longer. Plus, it’s a 25% increase [...] [...] Lots to discuss. Where shall I start? Got to work on Thursday morning and learned pretty quickly that the network file server was 101% full. That’s “fix NOW NOW NOW” priority, whatever remote users may think. Cleaning that up took most of Thursday and Friday. The netadmin and I managed to reclaim about 7% by [...] [...] |
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