New Job I

This is my fourth day on the new job now, and it's pretty relaxing for now, since I've not been given that much to do yet.

The job scope looks very much like I'll be doing any number of things, including liaising with companies, bringing them in on collaborations and joint projects, and dealing with the necessary paperwork on the sharing of IP (intellectual property).

In addition to that, my department also seems to be an internal nerve center, in that people always seem to ask us who is doing what project, stuff like that. Since you can't go out to market without knowing your 'product', my first few tasks involve learning more about the research institute, through making lists or matters like that, which helps facilitate the 'nerve center' role while preparing me to go 'sell' the institute to external companies.

My colleagues in my department and beyond seem extremely nice and friendly, and in general it is a very cordial atmosphere where people joke around with each other. It's pretty "channel 8", in the words of a colleague, but nice.

It's early days yet, but I think for a first job, it does seem pretty nice, and challenging in its own way. We'll see how things develop.