First Day (sort of)

So, for those of you following my blog, you all know that today was my first day working with another company. It was a blast! It was great getting the team back together again. I think that the guy that has been working over there was really happy to have us there.

It took a while to get going because we spent a long time going over the work that we were planning to do this week. But, I think it was a really good start. We went over the things that we were going to work on and it was nice to go over how to do some of it and any questions that we had on the work.

Since I have only been working at my company for a little over a month, I have been the newbie and have been the least knowledgable about things. But, today I was the expert. It was really nice to be back in the power seat again.

I started off working with another developer from the other company that worked on our product last week, so he knew what had happened then, and the card that we were working on was very similar to the one he worked on the previous week.

We started off strong, with him doing most of the typing since he knew how everything was working. Then, after lunch, he didn't feel well, so he went home and I ended up pairing with another developer that was not familiar with the system at all. I was really happy that I ended up pairing up with him since it gave me a chance to slow down and really get a good handle on what we are trying to do.

Also, since I know what we are trying to do and I know what we have built, I was the person who knew the stuff again. I felt so much more myself. It was really great, and I think that this will help me feel stronger in the long run (which is really important for me because I am more confident in what I am doing so I am not as worried about whether my ideas are any good or not).