I am in the process of transitioning to a new job. It is a good thing and I expect to enjoy it a lot. However, there is a lot of new stuff that I have to learn that I have never done before. I spent a good deal of time over the last couple days drinking from the fire hose of knowledge and noticed something interesting.
This is not the first time I have gotten a fire hose of information pointed at me. This is my... 13th? unique position in my career to date. Each time I have gotten inundated by new information that I had to learn relatively quickly. And something I noticed the other day, each time it has been scary.
I get scared that I won't pick it up. That I will make mistakes. That I will not be able to do a good job in this new role. And every time I pick it up, I make mistakes, and I have generally done a decent job. So as the fear started pushing it's way to try to make me pee myself a little, after hearing the tenth acronym that I didn't know, I struck back with the knowledge that I have been here many times before and won. I have overcome my ignorance. I have worked through the fear and nothing bad has happened.
Getting information dumped on you over a short period of time is scary. Uncertainty plays havoc with your emotions. But it doesn't have any real bearing on reality. Emotions don't dictate the truth of the situation. So push through. Gird your loins and make war against your ignorance. You will conquer it.
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