Well, I've been on the job for 2 days now, and I'm feeling the pain of new technologies. Believe it or not, I just got my first smart phone on Monday. I'm cheap, and have never been able to bring myself to pay more than $20 a month for cell coverage, so smartphones were out of the question. I can say that learning to use an android phone has been a challenge, but a wonderful experience. I feel more connected, and love the ability to access things when I'm away from home. I'm sure I'll feel the leash that comes with it soon enough, but overall I'm thrilled to finally be carrying a modern phone.
My new laptop, however, is another story. I got my first mac yesterday, a nice new macbook pro. I will say that the size and battery life are a wonderful step up from the Dell I had when I worked at Lockheed. Learning a new OS, however, is killing me. I feel kinda clueless when I have to use Google or ask a friend just to figure out simple things like, where is my terminal? How do install apps? I don't care what they say, the idea that Apple products "just work" is laughable to me. I'm still trying to find an email client that I'm happy with. That said, it's been one day, so I'm sure that OS X will grow on me. The sad thing is that I'm probably a month away from hating Windows and OS X. I'll be one of those dual users who is always wishing for the features of the OS I'm not using at the moment.
The final challenge, which I will start today, is the new software stack. CareKinesis is using a lot of tools that I've only read about. I'm thrilled for the challenge of learning new software, and the joy of finding great ways to use it to make myself more effective, but I'm also very aware of how mentally straining it will be to learn 2 or 3 new tools per day for a few weeks. Meanwhile, my 2 man team will be making some major decisions in the next few weeks about some additional tech we want to add to the stack. There will be a lot of brain drain for a while, but it's going to be a fun ride.
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