My first experience working at OIT was in the Winter of 2023, I got hired a week or so before Gordon, so I was able to see a lot about the work culture, how it was before and how it has been shaped and steered to what it is now. I first started working at Program Granite, and stayed there until Fall 2023, when I started working again at the ITB.
That transition wasn’t easy, as there are very schignificant differences between those two workplaces, but it was great to start having an experience with Agile and having such a great team to be around. I got used to the work and adapted to a point when it became my new comfort zone. I feel like when we let our work fall into a routine sometimes we can overlook opportunities to grow and improve. It is hard to even realize we have fallen to that cycle, but that is one thing that can show us that, and it is change.
During the summer I had the chance to have an internship as an IT Project Manager at the Church, in the Riverton Office Building. While working there I was able to see that many of the habits I had were suboptimal, if I wanted to be at least a valuable part of the team I had to do more and to make my routine to challenge myself to do more. It is a lot harder than it sounds, but if I hadn’t realized that, I don’t think I could ever come back to OIT nor would I deserve it. This job and this environment are very precious and we need to give out our best efforts to be able to keep our place here.
I’m very thankful I was given the opportunity to return and be able to do a better job now. There are opportunities to grow at every corner, we just need to look for it and be willing to be self-critical and put effort in improving