I officially joined the Performance Engineering team today. Today was possibly the best work day I have had in a VERY long time. Things were calm, quiet (a little too quiet sometimes) and comfortable. I had a list of tasks to do, a few emails to read and even less to respond back to. I was in a blissful trance. Or maybe it is the calm before the storm. Who knows. Anyway, I am living in the moment for now.
I did go back to check on the old co-workers (seeing as they are a floor above and have the better toilet amongst other things), or rather, what is left of my decimated pride if you will. It was eerie to say the least. The area, so devoid of life, so devoid of noise, of those bright (and sometimes cursing) faces, so devoid of laughter. I felt like I was in a tragic play with no lead and no director to help the cast arrive at the finale... at least in plays, the cast go home happy.
I guess it all changed the day they announced the merger, and we all knew this would happen somewhere in the recesses of our minds, but for whatever reason, we as a collective group did not quite accept that. Or maybe its just me. This too shall pass as the old cliché goes.
I did come up to learn some things. I learned some neat things about Oracle and how to troubleshoot some things in it. I even took a bus ride with one of our wandering geniuses and caught up on things in general. Tomorrow is another day and if it is as good as this one, I shall count myself lucky.
I did go back to check on the old co-workers (seeing as they are a floor above and have the better toilet amongst other things), or rather, what is left of my decimated pride if you will. It was eerie to say the least. The area, so devoid of life, so devoid of noise, of those bright (and sometimes cursing) faces, so devoid of laughter. I felt like I was in a tragic play with no lead and no director to help the cast arrive at the finale... at least in plays, the cast go home happy.
I guess it all changed the day they announced the merger, and we all knew this would happen somewhere in the recesses of our minds, but for whatever reason, we as a collective group did not quite accept that. Or maybe its just me. This too shall pass as the old cliché goes.
I did come up to learn some things. I learned some neat things about Oracle and how to troubleshoot some things in it. I even took a bus ride with one of our wandering geniuses and caught up on things in general. Tomorrow is another day and if it is as good as this one, I shall count myself lucky.
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