I started a new job on September 15, 2008. An inauspicious time, perhaps. You'll note that this is the first entry since September.
While I wasn't blogging, an important principle that has stood me well in most employment situations was at work -- leave the past behind AND be patient with the new.
In my career as a consultant, I've met consultants, or clients of other consultants, who believe that when you start a new job, you should imprint your personality quickly and forcefully. I do not. I believe that the best, quality, job is done by preserving what is good and improving what is bad.
When you start a new job, your mind is filled with what you are learning - provided that you are following this quality principle. So, for me in deep learning mode, this blog could have turned into a fairly transparent analysis of my new position.
But that's not what this blog is about. It is about quality software in every aspect of our life. I'm a bit settled now, so the next entry will be about something more universal than the software I'm getting paid to test -- The Gas Pump.
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