Hi there Derek, welcome to Hive. Hope you will enjoy your experience here. There's a lot to learn about Hive to make your experience smoother and more pleasant. This post draws input from over a hundred experience Hive users and will be useful to start you off
https://peakd.com/hive-174578/@livinguktaiwan/3-things-newbies-should-do-in-their-first-week-on-hive

You can also check out @newbies-guide for a lot of other useful posts so you don't have to look all over the chain for it.