It only took three weeks in the new job for me to start missing my old company. After sorting through some feelings, I believe I have narrowed down what it is that I suddenly felt a sense of loss about: my super powers.
In my last job I was a master at standardizing and digitizing processes because I was a self-taught superadvanced user of a particular workflow tool. The tool allowed you to create forms online and add routing complexity in the backend. I was so awesome at using these tools that people from other teams would often tap me on the shoulder to create workflows for them. That was my main superpower.
Now, at the hospital, I see exactly the same process issues as I solved in my last job… The difference being that I no longer have that workflow tool to fall back on. I almost pulled all my hair out at a meeting with my director last week because I couldn’t believe how easy it would be to solve some of their most simple problems by creating a form online. But no such tool is available here.
So… There you have it… Spiderman moves to a new city where there are no high rises to spiderweb-swing from. Aquaman moves to a land-locked state. Superman moves to an underground commune where flying doesn’t quite work to your advantage.
Well, I’ll just have to think outside the box now, won’t I? I’m still awesome at spreadsheets though 🙂
abi