Say hello and tell us: what's on your desk?

[Erica Moss]

@iCode Welcome, Sunny! 😄

[Max Foerster - K15t]

Welcome Sunny and lots of fun in the Jira team! I hope today's soundtrack is "Wham!" ! ;)

[Sunny]

Namaste! I'm a new Atlassian in the Bengaluru office, joined the JIRA team and looking forward to meet and explore on the Community here! :)

Here is a picture of my desk 😬

[Erica Moss]

@Pahniti Tosuksri Welcome, welcome! Be sure to check out the Welcome Center for more new-to-Community tips, and hop over to the Confluence collection to ask questions and engage in discussions. 😄

[Linda Esdon]

Hello. I have paper notes, 2 computers and a glass of water on my desk literally. In terms of work I would like to learn Agile, Jira, Confluence quickly for the purpose of doing devops and automation.

[deepak kumar]

Hi Everyone,
 
My self Deepak, working as a devops engineer from last 3 years with reputed MNC organisation. From last one year, I am working with atlassian tools as admin.
  I have two monitor connected with my notebook on my desk
Thanks

[Oleg Polischuk]

Hi! 

[Erica Moss]

@danielpsf Wow, super impressive set-up!

[Andy - PTC Redundant]

@Monique vdB: It looks beautiful.

Yey for updates! 
Since I last posted, my own desk has become over run over with Googly Eye Syndrome ! 

[Alana Fernando]

hi @brian welcome// 😃

[brian]

Hello

[Karen O'Keefe]

Beautiful, sweet puppy!

[Andy - PTC Redundant]

Hi @Markus22 ! ! 

🤓🤚

[Erica Moss]

Thanks for sharing, @Andy - PTC Redundant! We're glad you're here. 😄

[Deleted user]

Welcome @Andy - PTC Redundant

[Anton Perera]

Hello everyone!! I'm Anton Perera, and I'm a Team Lead at Kalyt Solutions, Sri Lanka. I'm working with my team as a Team Lead (as a Project Manager in some times and as a Product Manager in some times.) I work with my team to develop Solutions for Customers as well as to improve our Software Products. We have Web Based Solutions as our Products and also we develop Custom Solutions for the Business needs too.

I'm a little bit newbie in here Atlassian Community. But I always loved to interact with Communities as I already working with some other communities too and help who needs some help and guide. Hope to have some help when needed with Atlassian Products and also hope give my best in Atlassian Community. :)

I love Sports (specially Badminton, Cricket, Football but love all the sports), Reading Books, Watching TV Series (kind of an addiction of mine :D), Watching Movies (specially Comics and Sci-Fi), Solving Puzzles/Problems, Learning new languages, Studying different cultures, Travel the lists goes on.

The below picture is my desk. My desk is little bit larger than my small needs as you see. But It is very comfortable for hands to have a good space in desk when I work. You may notice the key-tag of the Key of my Motor Bike. :D. I love that and it was given to me by the most special person in my life. :)

[Boris Berenberg - Atlas Authority]

Robert let me start by saying you're in an extremely common situation. You will fail, again, and again, and again. It's ok. Don't let it overwhelm you. We have all been there, and we overcame, and so will you.

Very high-level resources are:

• The community here will help you learn little by little.
• There are books you can read from Rachel Wright and Matt Doar
  • I have a preference for the Matt Door book, but mostly because my name is in it 😁
• Your local AUG is a great spot to get help
• Team Tour / Summit is a great place to meet people and learn
  • They also do on-site hands-on training there
• You can work with Atlassian partners like us to help you get unblocked
• You can do paid training via either Atlassian, or partners like us
• You can watch free webinars from Atlassian, partners like us, or from Marketplace Vendors that cover a variety of topics
  • Historical ones are available at https://www.atlassian.com/webinars/all
• Youtube has a ton of content
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XIn1zxAbrv8&list=PLaD4FvsFdarSWUyuv6cto4gunIvVzDTGD - The old Atlassian University training from Jira 6. This used to be a paid course, and while outdated is still spot on for most content.
  • Broad tutorials: https://www.youtube.com/user/GoAtlassian/playlists?shelf_id=10&view=50&sort=dd
  • Webinars: https://www.youtube.com/user/GoAtlassian/playlists?shelf_id=11&view=50&sort=dd

My biggest advice is don't focus on learning how to do XYZ. Your first goal is to learn the vocabulary. It's the same thing as learning a new language. Learn what Atlasssian means when they say "scheme". Then when you run across 10 different scheme types, you will understand whats going on intuitively, even if you don't know how to make the change you want. From there, asking the right questions will be much easier.

And the document I always point everyone at is: http://www.catb.org/esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

[Jack Brickey]

Certainly happy to assist for sure. My best advice for learning the basics of administration for any of the apps would be to stand up a trial instance and walk thru the basic getting started guide. For JSD you can find the cloud version here. You can stand up a trial in cloud literally in minutes. Then it is a 'simple' matter of diving in. You will learn more from doing than anything and it will funnel your questions to the surface. Then a quick search in the Community will answer the vast majority of your beginning questions and if not the champions and Atlassian's are there to quickly respond for sure. You should also have in place a 'development' instance where you can try things out w/o worrying about impacting production.

With all that said, keying on your mention of being knighted, if you are in a small company (say <200 users and maybe 25 active projects) then admin demands are generally not too bad. These are just random guidelines here.  However, when you start going beyond that you need to start considering more of a dedicated resource or at least 50% of the individuals time. Something to keep in mind.

[Fabienne Gerhard]

Hi to the community, 

I've been here for some time and I also wanted to make a post showing my desk - so here we are. As you may see I like it really more dark maybe than other people.... Most of my colleagues think I'm a 'Kellerkind' (child of the dark) with an addiction to coffee....  (I'm a really happy person - believe me - just hate when it's to bright in the office)

You can find on my desk:

• a cup of coffee (doesn't matter if it's hot or cold)
• water bottle (trying to force myself drink more and regularly)
• a postcard we used for getting feedback to Wiki project from production people.
• A small button with Che Guevara on it (funny joke according a colleague who googled 'Tschikki Vara' cause he didn't know who it is <- even worse: Google got the right pics...)
• something to eat (this time some watermelon - normally empty packagings of chocolat)
• my external screen on some press boards form research department (look how simple they are and their purpose)
• a bunch of pens (I'm like a magpie according pens - not that I would use them but I like collecting them sounds creepy)
• and of course my headset for my one-woman-helpdesk for Wiki 

[Amy Marley]

G'day All, 

I'm Amy from Perth, Australia, an accountant turned software tester/admin by default type user. Learning how to balance working from home while being a parent!

We currently use Jira, Confluence and Capture and know there are features we can use better or don't use at all. 

I try to keep my desk minimal with just the screens, keyboard, drink bottle and pen/scrap paper but at the moment also have a pile of kid's books to repair on it too. 

Looking forward to moving my desk from next to my bed to outside in its new place... 

[Darrell Sutherland]

Hi folks 

My name is Darrel and I am a systems administrator for Capgemini UK supporting the atlassian tools, jira, confluence, fisheye, bamboo and bitbucket for a major UK Government department... We have a clear desk policy so just the monitors and a pic of my 3 lads keep me focussed throughout the working day.

Glad to meet everyone!

[Meg Holbrook]

Hey all!

My name is Meg and I am the JIRA system administrator and Business Applications Lead for a midsize mortgage company located in Sacramento, CA. I administer both Cloud and Server products. Some of my other roles include technical/training writing, designing press releases on new features, creating program integrations, and managing our enterprise help desk.

I'm leading the charge for Atlassian products in my organization and am constantly looking for new teams to onboard (five so far!). It's been a bit difficult to connect with the nearest AUG (San Francisco), but I'm excited to see that there's a brand new one in Sacramento even though there are only two members. 

I attended the Atlassian Summit 2017 and had a great time listening to keynotes and meeting vendors. I learned a lot from the admin class I attended as well as the breakout sessions... the snacks were also great ^_^

My goals this year are to find enough time to get around to my admin cert as well as to develop a deeper connection to the Atlassian community. Up to this point, I've been a forum lurker. I would love to find more ways to contribute. 

On my desk:

Plants, coffee cups in various stages of 'caffeine-ation', and more pens than I could ever use in my life.  

[Leo Diaz _ DEISER]

Hello everyone!

My desk on my birthday ^_^

[Monique vdB]

I would say your assistant is very beautiful, but I think that's an inappropriate comment for the workplace. 

[Jodi LeBlanc]

@Community Manager  too funny! 😹