Starting a new job is like...

...reading a new book. At first, you are introduced to the new characters and they all welcome you into their world. Then, with time, you become acquaintance with these characters, you learn to love some and despise others. The plot develops, you become part of it and, one day, you finish the book and start reading a new one... Sometimes, the previous book will have a better plot and the other better characters, or viceversa.

That's sort of how I felt today as I was meeting my soon-to-be coworkers...