Well, I made it over that hurdle unwrecked

[gearhead69]

I had to show the boss an outline for some software instruction that we are developing. It's all me, dudes. This is my Big Project for the foreseeable future, so I'm kinda nervous (really, really, really) about it. Boss said, "This looks good." That means it was good. Boss did not say anything negative. It's important I write that, because

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[six_demon_bag]

Hahaha that would make me go into panic mode, too, the "how do you usually do this?" in reference to something I've never done before in my entire life. But hey, like you said, they're receiving you and your work positively so far and you're being presented with those new challenges you wanted, so I say enjoy it and be happy with this situation, not that you aren't. And those survival signs on the cork board are an indication that there's a sense of humor in that office -- this is a good thing. Congrats on your progress thus far!

[gearhead69]

Thanks, man. I'm getting some decent stuff done today. I'll probably feel better about things once I've produced an entire document from scratch. It's actually progressing pretty okay so far. I'm sort of pleased with it, really, which is nice!

[evolutionsgirl]

So, being me, my brain stuck on one part... the lights. I'm sitting in my chair cheering for you that you know how to turn the lights, because I worked with a guy who had been with the company for over 20 years, who had been at this store since before it moved to the location it was in when I came over. So you'd think he'd know how to turn out the lights, right? Yeah... Told him to turn off the lights and he turned off the MAIN breakers. So, I'm all YAY, you turned off the lights right! LoL

[gearhead69]

Bahaha! That would turn off ALL the lights, yes!

There are tons of little things around here that I don't know, and I just decided at the outset that I was going to ask if there was something I didn't know rather than trying to figure it out and fumbling around in an attempt to make it look like what it wasn't: that I knew what I was doing.

I had to ask where the switch for the kitchen lights was my first week, and it turned out that three or four people in the office didn't know where it was, because most of the time they are already on or off when the staff at the rear of the office get to work. Also turns out the switch is impossible to find. The office admin told me, "They put them in ridiculous places."

So, yeah, I'm working on learning my basic office skilz. I don't want to hit the breaker switch in an office full of computers!

[evolutionsgirl]

That's my philosophy, too. Better to ask so you can do it right, than to not ask and manage to totally screw something up. I'm amazed at the number of people who DON'T get that it's better to ask.

[gearhead69]

Man, I don't get that, either, but I've worked with people who are far more happy to run the risk of screwing up something really huge than admit they don't know something, or that they already screwed something up.

Reminds me of the guy at my old job who broke off the tab that held the data line into the jack on the server. He put a big paper sign in front of it that said, "Cleaning people, do not clean around this area." The sign was already there when I started working at the job. It was a few months before we did some computer stuff and were moving things around, and I went, "Hey, this plug won't stay plugged into the server - the plug for the entire network!" and he went, "Oh, yeah, uh, it got broken, and so I had to put that sign on there so no one would accidentally unplug it."

I told the boss there was an issue, and we got a new one immediately. What the hell - you risk possibly having the ENTIRE NETWORK unplugged by someone's random foot movement on any given day, and you think that's okay????