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Date: 09 January 2006 06:53:43
But not without some form of work.
I was asked if I wanted to increase my skill set (yes...I did faint upon hearing it: seriously, I am rather blessed with a good company), and I said, "Why not?" I was then asked if I was interested in being IT Co-ordinator for our office [we have three offices: one at the motorway, us -- Call Centre and Accounts -- and a Tag Service Centre]. I said, "Okay." So, in consultation with the Head IT Co-ordinator, I was booked into the five day Managing and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Environment course.
First day today. And it did go rather well. There are only two other students in the class, though both of them have extensive network experience. My experience is in Applications Development, mainly Oracle, and Database Administration -- again, mainly Oracle. I know how to create, delete and modify users on a Windows Network, but not a great deal else. Looking at the outline, it will teach me a great deal and enable me to perform a lot of stuff [that's the technical term] I currently cannot -- or at least cannot without possibly causing destruction on a massive scale as I attempt it!
The trainer has a great sense of humour and appears to know his stuff well, and the two other students are equally friendly and personable. As well as morning tea and afternoon tea, lunch is included [at a nearby restaurant: we will go to a new one each day], as is a bowl of lollies: packed full of Minties and other delicious treats. At the end of the day, I had made the biggest dent in my bowl. Something to be proud of.
Though the travel time was a bit of a pain: about an-hour-and-fifteen minutes when I'm used to 20 minutes each way, and on the dreaded CityRail network. Actually, no trains jumped the tracks and there were no significant delays, so I can't complain. It is odd catching the train during peak hour after two-and-a-half years of not doing so. It wasn't too crowded, but there was the heads bowed so no-one makes eye contact attitude I recall: and if, heaven forbid, you should accidently meet someone's eyes, the heads quickly turn, else you get a stare -- silent: yet full of meaning -- "What the hell are you looking at?" I will have to practise standing for 20 mins with my head looking down for tomorrow. If I went to my nearest station -- instead of driving closer so it doesn't take two hours -- I'd have to stand [yes, I'm very lucky if I get a seat at my station way out west] for one hour with my head down and mouth closed: that is far too much for me.