One of the most challenging roles as a System Engineer/Administrator, is when you switch to a new company. Things (RE:processes) that seemed obvious before are not so obvious at the new place. Here's an analogy for you. You walk into your favorite local grocery store (Fry's, Kroger, Albertsons, Bashas-or any other place to purchase food). You get used to where things sit on a shelf and where they belong in the grocery store world. Typically the fresh fruits and veggies are there in the front when you walk in.
But what happens if you walked into a store and the food was turned around! Who made that decision? Why was that decision made? Can I deal with this change or should I turn around and walk back out the same door I just came in? Can I affect the change to put the fruits back up front or maybe just the veggies? What if I get lost while trying to get to the fruit aisle? Will there be someone to guide me if I can't find the section? Why isn't there a sign or at least a list to look at to find the stupid aisle? Am I the only one in the store wandering around looking lost or are there others and no one else is talking? Why is anyone asking me where this or that is? I can't even find a banana, let alone a specific loaf of bread, and you want to know if they have a butcher on staff?
Am I the only one who feels this way?
