New guy started yesterday. Due to a power cut and general confusion, the system was "down" as everyone calls it for most of the morning. So, showing him round was a bit pressured! The Fat Man came to recycle our old computers, so we have marginally more storage space now.
The new software image roll-out seems to work well. No staff or students have called IT support with any major problems so far. There are still a few quirks to sort out like some machines missing printers, and one or two machines not having a serial code for random bits of software, but on the whole it's fine.
Quite a few staff dislike the new Moodle skin the web guy has put on. It does look better but I think many staff just oppose change. A lot have complained that it doesn't have a link to Google on it...even though they have a google search box in their browser (!)
Anyway, new guy seems alright. The learning curve is going to be steep but as much as I can talk at him he won't learn unless he does stuff. He hasn't resigned yet, which is a good sign.
Rang an IT company today to get them to visit me to discuss our major server upgrade in the summer. They will meet me in 10 days so I can explain what I want doing.
After talking to The Big Boss about my job, it seems that no one thinks I'm rubbish at my job. Reading between the lines, he doesn't know what's going on, so I have to keep him updated with what I'm doing so he can relay how good his department is to the Head.
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