New at a Job, Set a Great First Impression

If you're new to a job, don't underestimate first impressions. Prepare to be your best so you set that as a first impression. Some things you could do is:

• Get to work when everyone arrives leave when everyone leaves
• Ask questions as you're new and stupid questions will be allowed for a while
• Know who you're a threat to and who will help you
• Dress and groom your best, no bad breath allowed
• Fit in. As the saying goes "When in Rome do as the Romans do"
• Limit the number of times you interrupt people to maybe once or twice a day, batch your questions
• Spend as much time as possible getting up to speed, even when not at work
• Don't ask for vacation, remote connections, etc. until you've been around at least 3 months
• If the hiring process was weak (they didn't vet you much) they may fire quickly
• Listen and follow instructions others give you
• Don't make excuses
• Don't complain about stuff at your new company
• Try to be part of the group. Do what the group does
• Don't threaten, complain, challenge unless that's what you were hired for
• Show your boss as early as possible that he or she made a great selection
• Take notes when shown new stuff, type up and email to person to see if you got them right
• Keep a glossary of terminology you don't understand and figure out asap what they mean

If you have other tips, please post below. Hope I made a good first impression.