First days are scary!

Dewotter · 7 Dec 2010 at 13:51

Being nervous is good, chances are you'll take it more seriously.

big_white_dog84 · 7 Dec 2010 at 15:26

Remember to develop the attitude that the company IS the IT department. Some idiots will tell you it's there to manufacture goods or sell services and that the IT department is there to provide a service to the rest of the staff to help them meet this primary function - but make sure you show them how wrong they are.

sixty · 7 Dec 2010 at 16:25

jamief said:
Depends if you're IT support or IT dev

IT dev is a fantastic place to be. Assuming of course you're in one of the employers who realise that outsourcing development is a ridiculous idea.

That, I am not.

Begbie, you pansy. ;P

agnes · 7 Dec 2010 at 16:50

sixty said:
Must be a new guy... The industry will soon knock that happiness right out of you.

Central to everyone's needs, but bottom of everyone's budgets and opinions.

I have been in IT a while now (coming up on 7 years!) and still love it?

Must have worked for some dreadful companies.

ags

randal · 7 Dec 2010 at 16:51

agnes said:
I have been in IT a while now (coming up on 7 years!) and still love it?

Must have worked for some dreadful companies.

ags

Looking to hire?

nst68 · 7 Dec 2010 at 17:59

"Hello I.T., have you tried turning it off and on again"

All you need know

DJMK4 · 7 Dec 2010 at 18:57

Tea 2 Sugars.

What? someone had to do it

Mr-White · 10 Dec 2010 at 15:08

How's the first day going ?

MW

Blue Cypher · 10 Dec 2010 at 15:19

DJMK4 said:
My first time was good.

She didn't complain

I thought the idea was that she did moan

Deleted member 77746 · 10 Dec 2010 at 15:21

HunterTony said:
Got my first day of my first IT Support role on Friday.. starting to get nervous... first days. Discuss.

Hows it hanging?

HunterTony · 16 Dec 2010 at 14:41

Went really well

A week in now... a lot to learn though!!!

Cosimo · 16 Dec 2010 at 14:43

HunterTony said:
Went really well A week in now... a lot to learn though!!!

We told it would be ok. Long may you continue to enjoy the work.

Talbs13 · 16 Dec 2010 at 15:00

What was your first "Technical" task?

Did you succeed? or fail?

Jock Dodds · 16 Dec 2010 at 15:37

big_white_dog84 said:
Remember to develop the attitude that the company IS the IT department. Some idiots will tell you it's there to manufacture goods or sell services and that the IT department is there to provide a service to the rest of the staff to help them meet this primary function - but make sure you show them how wrong they are.

The IT Admin is superior to the CEO because he could change his email password if he wanted to.

Paul11 · 16 Dec 2010 at 15:38

nst68 said:
"Hello I.T., have you tried turning it off and on again"

All you need know

was just going to post this

RyanBTBizDirect · 16 Dec 2010 at 15:46

Congratulations on getting through the week successfully. What sort of things did you learn that you would have told yourself, if you could have, a week beforehand?

goblin357 · 16 Dec 2010 at 15:51

HunterTony said:
Went really well A week in now... a lot to learn though!!!

Before you do ANYTHING think of the answers to these two questions:

1. Have I backed it up before I touch it?

2. If I **** it up, how do I undo it?

and you'll be fine.

Oh and don't do anything where anyone can see the potential ****up.

Throrik · 16 Dec 2010 at 16:08

Sort of in your position at the moment, my fourth official day in my job which is Junior Software Development - currently staring at SQL which makes very little sense in what I want it to do... But it will do eventually.