Working it out

You might have picked up that I have expressed some displeasure in my new job. It's true - most of my job so far has been pretty trivial and non-challenging, and it just puts me to sleep. It's not entirely my employer's fault, as for preparation for things to come I've been working on four different projects in five weeks - meaning I've not been very useful in any of them. It's understandstandable that they want me to see as many projects as possible as soon as possible but as a sideproduct I've felt totally useless.

Every time it pisses me off I'll just think about my salary and I'll feel better about it. I've also been thinking that my problem is something that will go away in time once I get more settled in. And so it happens - today my boss took me aside and told me that I'd now be officially moved into the automation team (which is what I want to do next) and then I will be able to concentrate on one project at a time, learn the new tools and really start settling in. As an additional surprise there might even be a raise involved - but to be honest if it doesn't happen after five weeks of working I won't be too disappointed.

I'm learning to use the tools and resources that do remain constant between the projects, and I've been able to even write some new test cases today.

So it's looking up, and once in a while I'm still reminded why I love my job.

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