Not Official Yet

Well, my previous boss’s last day was today.  I’m back filling, along with a co-worker, until a new person is hired.

Today she went through her pile of current and upcoming projects and divvied them up between the two of us.  Then the meeting requests started flying in.

I commented on the research of a co-worker who just started a few weeks ago.  I can tell I have to start at square one with explaining the business.

I had a meeting where we discussed a coding issue that seems to have been 18 months in the making.  Why was I so calm?  I guess it’s because I wasn’t being blamed for anything.  We’ll have to work that issue out.

It’s good practice.  I’d rather make my mistakes while people aren’t expecting as much from me.

I’m going to have to back out of my usual role of doing the work and take on a different role of planning the work.

I’m sure there will be challenges.  That’s what I like.  I’ve actually had some practice with this before.  I filled in when the previous manager got re-assigned.  I had even applied for the position, but they were looking for serious management chops.  I couldn’t complain about who they chose.  She was stellar.  She brought in many process improvements and was a great mentor for the time that she was here.

I hope to get a solid definition of my job duties soon.

Until then “I’m not a manager, but I play one at work”  (AGAIN)