i am a computer nerd

my firm is rolling out a new audit software sometime this summer, which is going to involve a lot of trainings and even more headaches for me and my co-workers. all, so that we can more efficiently perform our auditing work. fun, no?

well, in conjunction with the new audit software that will change so much about what we do each day and probably change very little about what we do each day, the firm has developed a new version of the trial balance software we use. which will mean ... yes, you guessed it ... more trainings ... and more headaches ... (for all you non-accounting nerds out there, "trial balance" is an accounting term that you don't really need to worry about, it's probably unimportant anyway.)

so with all the discussion of trainings and headaches, my local office is left to determine exactly who will the instructors responsible for conducting such trainings. and giving such headaches.

so i got a phone call this morning from the training coordinator, who said, and i quote, "well, we intended to have a senior become the software champion, do the trainings, and be the primary resource. but when i was talking to someone about it yesterday, they responded and said that you are the one to talk to."

... so ... it will be *me*!! yesss! *i* get to give the headaches!! mwa-ha-ha-ha! err -- i mean, trainings -- i get to give the trainings! i get to be the trial balance software champion! i get to be the primary resource! wahoo!

i'll have help for the trainings. these two:

yeah, from what i understand, the 3-day trainings are going to be an interactive animated presentation mostly about the new auditing software with a "chapter" about the trial balance software. but i'm pretty sure i get to be the star of that show. and then later on i will get to do a training solely on the trial balance software. sounds like a good time, né? let me know if y'all want to be there; i'll see what i can do. oh, i can hardly wait.

because ...

... i am a computer nerd. i am the one in my office that knows how to do computer-y stuff. i am the one that answers everyone's computer questions. i am the one that figures out how the software works and explains it to co-workers.

but i may be the worst kind of computer nerd, because not only do i like to learn new computer-y stuff ... i really like to then teach that stuff to other people, too. even when they don't really want to know. perhaps especially then. and especially the really computer-nerdy stuff.