Why so quiet?
I can’t believe it’s been almost a week since my last post. It’s not like I’ve slept the whole week, or anything like it. Quite the opposite, rather, as I’ve been buried in a variety of different things, mostly related to work. I think there’s an understanding in any new job that for the first little after you start you’re not very useful — you muddle your way through while learning things as fast as you can. Eventually, though, the little light bulb flashes on in your head and you can jump right in.
That’s what it’s been like for me. I didn’t contribute too much for a while, but now I’m starting to make a difference. Or at least, I know enough that I can accomplish some things, and with luck they’ll even turn out to work well in the end. But along with being able to get stuff done comes the realization of just how much there is to do, and that’s what I’ve vanished into for the past week.