[jason@sun ~]$: The Solaris junkie finds a home

My name's Jason Callaway.  I'm a Solaris geek.  Today's my first day with Sun, and I've got to say, I'm pretty excited.  

My previous gigs have been with big government contractors.  You know, the system integrator, butt-in-seat types.  With companies like Lockheed Martin, or GTSI it's always the same: get to the site, charge the contract, go home, lather, rinse, repeat.  This isn't bad, mind you.  There are certain advantages to this paradigm.

Sun is just different.  I'm working for the Professional Services business unit within Sun Federal.  I expect a certain amount of contract charge-ery.  How much?  Well, my manager Paul says that as a team we're expected to be 65% billable.

65 is a far cry from 100.  In the rest of our time we're supposed to be honing our skills, training, learning with colleagues, playing in the labs -- all of the stuff Unix geek might be caught doing in their free time anyway.

So, like I said, I'm pretty excited.

Paul mentioned today that nobody has compiled a list of all the things a new hire needs to take care of.  I-9, W-4, 401(k), SF86... the list is somewhat long.

Blogs are perfect for this sort of thing.  So I'll be posting about all the things I've had to take care of as a new hire. 

Heck, I'll probably be posting a lot just about what it's like to work for Sun.  I'm like a kid in a candy store here.  I've based most of my career on Sun technology, and I've had a blast doing so.  The chance to work for the company that makes the stuff with which I make my living... that's pretty compelling.  I'm sure there will be cons; no company is all pros. 

It's not like I've drunk the Sun kool-aid. 

Well... maybe a sip.