Starting friday I have a Linux Admin starting. It sunk in today that he reports to me and I have to make sure he is successful at my company. Then it hit me that I will have 3 people reporting to me. Then I realized I was still not counting the guy we get for Kinston. That makes 4 people that I am responsible for. I proceeded to hyperventilate after I realized that. Well, no I didn’t do that, but it hit me hard today. It is a big responsibility, and it has a bad side to it. But it is also challenging. I just hope I do a good job.
I started to think about how I ended up doing this. it sort of just happened, and the group keeps growing. In a way it is kind of cool, but very stressful. I think I find it harder to let someone do a project than me go and do it myself. I guess that is an important rule. Letting go and allowing others to do the work. Doesn’t make it any easier.
I just need to remember that I need to keep my technical skills up, because for now I am an engineer first. Or that is how I saw myself last year. Now I am not sure!