I am now two days into my new job at Cloudera, and the fire hose has started. I already have enough on my plate that I can't see the light at the end of the tunnel. There's just way more to do than there are BD man-hours in the week to do it. My biggest challenge is going to be adapting to the new ecosystem of partners and competitors. Time to get organized and start tackling things systematically.
I had my new hire orientation today. I was not prepared for the difference in employee benefits between a start-up and a large corporation. I just wasn't prepared for the bare-bones offering that I was given. Now I understand why everyone says that life is a corp is so comfy. If I were single and foolish, I wouldn't mind the no-frills approach, but being married with children, I do not love the insurance options.
Still working on getting a feel for the Cloudera team. The one thing that is already obvious is that the usual BS that is the life's blood of companies like Oracle, doesn't work here. It's both exciting and frightening. I am quite tired of having meetings with a room full of people where not a single thing gets resolved or accomplished — that doesn't sound like it's an issue here. On the other hand, I've spent the last several years perfecting my streaming BS skills. Now I'm going to have to relearn how to actually have something useful to say when I open my mouth. Stay tuned for how that goes.
Two days in, I'm still not sure what I've gotten myself into. I see a lot of opportunity to accomplish some great things, but I still don't have a clear picture of how work actually gets done around here. Without formal processes, long approval chains, weekly round-table meetings, and a dozen levels of organizational hierarchy, how do they do business? You don't suppose they just do it, do you? That's going to require some acclimation.
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