Well, I Got the Job ... Now What?

I just got promoted at work, to "Director of e-healthSOURCE Development". e-healthSOURCE is our marketing term for all the infrastructure and architecture that power our healthcare apps. I had been team lead already, but this gives me management responsibility.

It's a pretty diverse team, spread over 3 of our offices, so my first goal will be to unify the team. We really need a unified identity, where this team feels compelled to collaborate because they want to, and to seek the best possible solution, not because it's mandated that they talk to each other. It's a great group of guys, so I feel like it should be pretty easy for everyone to see the benefits of that.

Beyond that, I guess I'm looking forward to working with them all on career development. Our team has traditionally been a "pile of programmers" working on whatever is hot this week. We haven't really had anyone looking out for us, to determine how to make us successful, and how to get us where we personally want to be, as compared to what the company wants us to do. I don't fault any of the previous department managers for that; it was just part of our culture. But, I plan to reverse that trend. Wish me luck.