First thoughts

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+# 2023-11-26
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+Tomorrow is my first day. Yay!
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+My challenge in Superhog is going to come with a lot more freedom and lot more responsibility than the previous positions I've held. The crown is heavy, and so it's both my time to shine and to not fuck up.
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+One of the habits that I value a lot, have almost never seen successfully applied in companies, and have seen successfully applied to some degree in Mercad~ao (thanks João) is writing things down. A lot. Everywhere. All the time. Organized repositories of text all over the place. Basically, every time you are about to open your mouth to say something, you should instead or also write it down.
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+I'll start on the eve of my arrival by writing down some thoughts on stuff I need to do.
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+- Social wise
+  - Make contacts: I need to have a couple of coffees with a lot of people:
+    - Andrew
+    - Humphrey
+    - Ben Cotte
+    - Ben Robinson
+    - Nicky
+    - Finance?
+    - + whoever any of the previous points at as a relevant person
+- Business wise
+  - Get someone to sell Superhog to me as if was a 
+  - Understand better our business model, revenue and cost structure
+  - Get up to date with what are our yearly/long-term goals
+- IT wise
+  - VPN/Helpdesk
+  - Get someone to guide me through existing solutions
+  - Understand what is our productivity stack
+    - Teams?
+    - Office?
+    - Internal docs/wikis?
+- Data-team wise
+  - Take control
+    - Set an agenda with Humphrey and Andrew so that they see I'm on top of things
+    - Clarify first goals
+      - Get to know the business
+      - Understand our IT situation
+      - Understand what is already built, data wise
+      - Set first goals
+      - Size human needs, IT needs, discuss budget for both
+      - Present long-term things that are important-but-not-urgent
+- Personal wise
+  - Benefits? Health insurance?
+  - Office parking?
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+Good habits that hopefully can be implemented:
+- Weekly/monthly data team newsletter
+- Data-literacy company training