No work as SA

SA at an EB. Hit the desk on Monday and got put on a couple deal teams. Got a good bit of work the first two days but today and yesterday I’ve had basically no work to do. I’ve spent some of the free time reading CIMs, going through models, and networking. Is this just what the initial ramp up is like and am I overthinking this, or did I somehow already fuck up? Next steps? Any help would be appreciated 

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also a SA at an EB. staffer has been checking in and I said it was a bit slow so I got staffed on 2 more deals - let’s see it I regret it in a couple days lol

 
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