Technically tomorrow is my first day of work, but I was at the office today for an educational seminar aimed at clients.

I’m really glad I was lucky enough to get a gentle break-in like this. I feel like I have a much better grasp on the client’s concerns and ambitions. I think knowing more about their side before I learn all the ropes of ours will be invaluable for me in sales.

On a completely shallow level … I have my own office. With a door. Gosh. Back in Colorado, I held office hours in a six by six windowless concrete basement cell that left my students asking what the hell I’d done to deserve this. I am elated with a happy shiny office that doesn’t have a single bare lightbulb hanging from the ceiling and a drain built into the center of the floor. I could get used to working at for-profit companies!