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Eek! Starting as a Regular Full-Time Employee

Well, I jumped into the career deep end last week.  I started my first-ever job as a regular full-time employee.  This week contained a mixture of emotions for me: scared, nervous, but overall - EXCITEMENT!  It's been a long road, but I'm very happy with where I've come and where I'm going. I started with a consulting company right out of college.  Back then, graduating with a computer science degree pretty much meant you knew a little bit about a lot, but had no deep knowledge in any area.  So working on a little bit of everything to gain some knowledge in a consulting company seemed like a perfect fit!  I still remember during my interview, the interviewee said "You'll be assigned a project over the weekend, buy a book on the technology, and by the time you arrive on Monday, you need to be an expert".  While we all know that won't exactly work, I was able to learn SO much by hopping around and trying different technologies, industries, and systems....