I Hate to Whine

You have a couple of options. You can, when you feel the time is right, tell the powers that be, "Hey, this isn't what we talked about. You promised a,b and c and this is not what is presenting itself. I guess if you are going to do that option the sooner the better. Simply to save yourself some distress. You can also hang in there awhile, get acclamated to the people and procedures and see if things really do turn into something you would like to continue. Somethings really do take time. I am assuming you are being pulled in about a jillion (is that really a number?) directions. First new job since diagnosis, adjusting to your new feelings etc. Hang in there, Lobo and give yourself some breathing room. Rome wasn't built in a day.

If you really dislike it once you get into it further, why not just go on job interviews for other places as they come up?

My job is extremely stressful. The best way I cope is I completely forget about it when I leave the building each day. Once my foot is on that accelerator in the parking lot....ZOOM AWAY and don't think about that hellhole till my alarm clock goes off the next morning! LOL Anyway... that's my .02 & sample of my 'coping skills'

Good luck

As for engineers... the ones I'm working with are pretty much like IT people, except that they change their minds about how they want things done far more often! I just try to go with the flow.