Down with the Job
So people are starting to acknowledge me now at my new job. In the beginning, people with requests would completely bypass me and approach the older guys in the department believing I'm way too inexperienced and or incapable of doing what they needed to be done. Which is understandable, since I am relatively new but I hate it when I'm the only one there and they would look for someone to help and decides to leave and come back later. But I showed them, two production applications went down after an upgrade the other day that stumped even the veterans of the department and the vendor of the application. And do you know who fixed this problem..? Me.
It was so funny, because everyone was discussing the problem and trying to figure what could be the root cause and when I asked if I could try something, they all looked at me with the expression of "what could this newbie do..?" But woe and behold, I tinkered with the code and restarted the apps with no issues. They all stared in bewildered awe at the newbie. LOL Their faces were absolutely priceless that I wish I could have taken a picture. My boss' boss even complimented me. LOL
My only regret is now people approach me more often than before. I use to have quiet days where I just manage the mundane daily tasks. I can take my lunch on schedule and leave work on time but now I get delayed by a couple of minutes here and there. Still it's nice to be acknowlegded.
It was so funny, because everyone was discussing the problem and trying to figure what could be the root cause and when I asked if I could try something, they all looked at me with the expression of "what could this newbie do..?" But woe and behold, I tinkered with the code and restarted the apps with no issues. They all stared in bewildered awe at the newbie. LOL Their faces were absolutely priceless that I wish I could have taken a picture. My boss' boss even complimented me. LOL
My only regret is now people approach me more often than before. I use to have quiet days where I just manage the mundane daily tasks. I can take my lunch on schedule and leave work on time but now I get delayed by a couple of minutes here and there. Still it's nice to be acknowlegded.