I started a new job yesterday doing technical support for a small colocation facility in Boca Raton (a friend of mine owns the company). He needed someone that could jump in and do technical support and since a) I can do this from home, b) it involves email and a web-based trouble ticket system and more importantly c) no phones I figured why not? A low pressure job from home is perfect for my temperment. It's not quite like my other job [1] taking care of some other servers, which is mostly doing a whole bunch of nothing with a few days of sheer terror [2] thrown in, but still, it's easy enough and it brings in some money. And C (the friend and owner of the colocation facility) knows I already know most of the technical issues that can come up, given that I've worked in a web design/web hosting company, two ISP (Internet Service Provider)s, and a colocation facility. The only issues I have with the job was having enough access to fix problems, and access to information about the customers.
Then I got tossed a curve ball—I called C to ask about some support issues (as I'm still coming up to speed) when I was given some good news and some bad news.
The bad news?
I don't think I'll be able to work entirely from home anymore.
The good news?
Second day on the job I was promoted.
To system administrator.
I'm not sure if this is a general system administrator position, or a senior system administrator position but two days on the job and I'm already on my way up the ladder (How to succeed in business without really trying [3]! Woot!) and I'll find out more when I go to the office tomorrow (if I'm the only sys admin there, then it's a senior system administrator position).
I'll sure miss working from home though.