amazing

in my time working IT, i've trained 2 people. that doesn't seem like much, but we're a small group to begin with. i'm the only one left of the original crowd, and i trained every single replacement. when you look at it that way, it's a bit more of a deal. still not a big one, but at least worth mentioning.

the point is that i remember it being a challenge. i recall that work was infinitely more tedious, time consuming, frustrating, etc. and that i felt on a few occassions perhaps there was no need for new workers--that i could perhaps just do it all myself. i remember that every time i wanted to simply go do a task that would take me 10 minutes, i had to stop, bring someone along, tell them what i was going to do, walk them through the task, explain the reasoning behind the task, and all that. i was looking at 20 minutes, not 10.

today's tasks were repetitive. so when training a new person in how to do them, i expected to do one myself, then walk my trainee through the task on a different system, and then split the work and be there if there were questions or problems.

at some later point, i may laugh at myself and my silly notions of logical knowledge retention.

i may also rethink words and avoid easily confusing phrases like "start from scratch."

oh well. the day's work is over and with any luck, the lab hasn't exploded.

l&p