My first week at work

… has been largely uneventful. I was handed a laptop on Monday, my manager said I should probably review some of the CCNA material … and that’s about it. I’ve had a few 20 minute meetings with various heads of departments, along with my fellow new starters, which were informal, informative, and necessary.

Aside from the above, though, so far this week I’ve not really done a lot. I have read through the CCNA material, but I already knew most of it. I was essentially just attempting to mentally plug holes in my knowledge. It was a straight-forward exercise. Until I have access to DDLS I’m kind of stuck for further learning options.

Next week though, I’m having a meeting where I will discuss with my manager what my performance targets will be. Essentially we’ll be setting KPI for my progress to be judged upon. This is essential for furthering my career: in a general sense, but especially in terms of my own knowledge, which in turn increases my worth to Dimension Data.

I’m getting my work mobile phone next week also, which will be nice. Not that anybody, as yet, has reason to call me. Nor I to call anyone else. That will come in time.

In closing, I am very much looking forward to setting my KPIs as I am eager to get moving forward.