Today was my first day at the new job. It seems like a nice place to work for. I got a tour of the place first thing in the morning. I was actually a bit surprised how closely the manufacturing side is to the IT and other "office" departments. After that we spent quite a bit of the day getting my PC setup. I got a nice, clean Windows 7 machine with dual-monitors to do web development on. I started digging into the Yii framework as soon as I could, since that appears to be what I'll be working with with a lot - so I'm pretty excited about expanding my knowledge into a direction that I've been hoping to for a while.
It's unfortunate that I have surgery scheduled within the first two weeks of starting, but the IT manager seems very understanding about it. It really does seem like a very down-to-earth place to work for, with great potential for growth.