I'm slowly starting to get used to my new job...I've been an ASP.NET fanboy since my first sight of it about 8 years ago (I think it was called something like NGWS then???). It has been odd, on my bookshelf I have pictures of the people I work with (in books, not in some odd 'stalker' way), I've read the blogs of others for years, and I still have to pause for a second when I wind up talking to them (Mr. Hanselman, that's why I seemed 'distracted' when we talked today!). But I'm starting to get over it...I'm learning more and more every day. Here's some things which amazed me:
How small the team is...the ASP.NET team is very small, very smart and very passionate. The productivity of these people still leaves me in awe.
More and more I'm seeing just how much the company I work for trusts the people who work for it; we make big decisions every day..I'm still amazed that the vast majority of them are 'just right'
Different bits of the company are very different; I loved working in Project and I still have friends there but it is surprising quite how differently different groups run in the same company.
Anyway, another embarassing post...but it really feels like I've reached the place I want to be...now to follow through (incidentally, look out for MVC on Codeplex...that's one of my things...the Codeplex bit, Phil is ALL about MVC :-))