Aaah! The long-awaited event has finally occurred. I have more help…
Today we offered an applicant the User Support Analyst position here in Residential Computing, and they accepted. This is very good news for everyone. Everyone, that is, except 3 of my fine & brave lab attendants.
The new position took over the lab time for 3 of my 5 standard lab attendants, as well as many of the duties of my Lab Manager. Things will take some time to transition but I’m feeling positive about the whole experience and our new hire should arrive in 1-2 weeks.
Mostly I’m relieved because I’ve been doing 1.5-2 people’s worth of work by myself and I’m a bit tired/behind. Having another full time person here will really help me out. By the time they are fully trained, I should be able to spend little to no time with the Lab, and lots of time in my chair programming.
This is a good step forward, and I’m glad we’re finally here.