{"id":357,"date":"2008-11-10T21:16:15","date_gmt":"2008-11-11T05:16:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mike.peay.us\/blog\/?p=357"},"modified":"2017-08-19T16:30:42","modified_gmt":"2017-08-19T23:30:42","slug":"did-i-say-transition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mike.peay.us\/blog\/archives\/357","title":{"rendered":"Did I say transition?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Almost six months to the day from when I started <a href=\"http:\/\/mike.peay.us\/blog\/archives\/229\">my transition<\/a> from staff to manager, today marked my first official day as Manager, Information Technology. Four of my peers for the last three years are now my subordinates.<\/p>\n<p>With some interesting timing, I was just down in San Diego yesterday at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.usenix.org\/events\/lisa08\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LISA 2008<\/a> taking two management classes (Management 101: Effective Communication Tools for Sysadmins and Management 201: Effective Team Management of System Administrators). As with any training, the test is in the application. In the hopes to make good education effective, I&#8217;m going to GTD a few of the better reference slides for regular review in the hopes that it becomes second-nature.<\/p>\n<p>As I know at least a few of my &#8220;peeps&#8221; read my blog, I want to publicly thank you for your support and understanding. I hope and pray that I am able to be a manager you can trust and respect.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Almost six months to the day from when I started my transition from staff to manager, today marked my first official day as Manager, Information Technology. Four of my peers for the last three years are now my subordinates. 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