Hello World!

Well, the first post on this site and an attempt on blogging. My plan is to update at least once a week, either with information on data or just random thoughts. Ergo the blog.

Notice the url...datageeek...a triple e geek is truly a geek. Not an id ten t error.

Currently on my second week of a new job in the world of business intelligence. I have been working in BI (Business Intelligence) for about 2.5 years, and was actually trying to switch into a more analytical position. So I accepted a position with a company who had a temp position, while interviewing with 2 other companies. On the first day of work the head lady informed me that my skill set fit the organization in a different manner and I would be working with a different group...basically as a report writer. So back to BI it is. No bitterness. Really. I was hired for a different position with a different skill set I didn't have quite the experience for, so I accepted a 15G salary reduction. Now I'm doing the same thing, earning less money. Really no bitterness.

I think I did a bad job of letting that get through the first week, but hopefully I'm over it now. It is a temp job, so 15 weeks more to go. Who knows, maybe I'll get in with the actual data modeling team, they seem friendly and reasonable. My supervisor reminds me of a really really, really horrible professor I had in college. Not working too well.