The first day was a gentle introduction to life at my new workplace. I was one of about ten new starters and we spent most of the morning sitting through an induction session. Many idiosyncrasies of the company were revealed, including the value and importance of car parking spaces, an extremely harsh internet and email usage policy and a very cool flexitime system.
Just before lunch I was dropped off at my new desk, and introduced to my Buddy. All new starters are assigned a Buddy to look after them during their first week, and to show them the important stuff, like where the local sandwich shop is. Your Buddy is also given up to ten quid to pay for lunch on the first day, which is a pretty cool idea.
The afternoon was spent getting my PC set up with all the necessary software, and just reading through company literature. The sheer size and complexity of their web site and framework was a surprise. I could tell it would take a long time to get my head around it.
Just before I left for the evening, my new manager told me that they were going to do something radical and throw me straight into a project on my second day. I went home feeling quite nervous about it.
During my interview for this job, I had demonstrated massive gaps in my knowledge of asp.net coding, and was surprised when they actually offered me the job. I had considered turning it down, because I was so worried that my skills would be inadequate. Then I reassured myself that they had assessed my capabilities and offered me the job anyway, and that they would probably provide training and support. Then they chuck me straight into a project, and I felt like it would be a case or sink or swim.
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