Dispatches from this silicon world…
I realized this morning that I have not wrote about my work situation in some time. Perhaps my last writing about that was when I wrote that I felt like it was a 3 on 3 basketball game here compared to 5 on 5.
Well, things are still going well. It is an exciting time to be alive and working here. Like anything there are ups and downs- times when you could take it or leave it. But I am not telling you anything you didn’t all ready know.
I work for a nice lady who on her best days is very collaborative and hard charging and on her worst is squirrel-like (kind of defensive and meek). I get the feeling sometimes that being the new guy I am put into some political situations that I don’t understand. I get the feeling that there are some very deep seated views and ways of working here that I am sometimes put in the position to challenge though I am just a little peon. It is weird, but I wouldn’t change a thing. Whatever does not kill you makes you stronger.
Evidenced by my lack of posts about this subject though (as compared to my last job) please do take away how this workplace is roughly 100X better than my last. The difference is amazing from the top level to the lowest (where I reside).
I could go on and on about the differences, but what it really comes down to is a close focusing on people and interaction as opposed to close focus on profit margins.
P.s. My angel is amazing. Through her efforts and her work and her initiative her little workplace raised 12K for the tsunami victims. I am so proud of her.
I realized this morning that I have not wrote about my work situation in some time. Perhaps my last writing about that was when I wrote that I felt like it was a 3 on 3 basketball game here compared to 5 on 5.
Well, things are still going well. It is an exciting time to be alive and working here. Like anything there are ups and downs- times when you could take it or leave it. But I am not telling you anything you didn’t all ready know.
I work for a nice lady who on her best days is very collaborative and hard charging and on her worst is squirrel-like (kind of defensive and meek). I get the feeling sometimes that being the new guy I am put into some political situations that I don’t understand. I get the feeling that there are some very deep seated views and ways of working here that I am sometimes put in the position to challenge though I am just a little peon. It is weird, but I wouldn’t change a thing. Whatever does not kill you makes you stronger.
Evidenced by my lack of posts about this subject though (as compared to my last job) please do take away how this workplace is roughly 100X better than my last. The difference is amazing from the top level to the lowest (where I reside).
I could go on and on about the differences, but what it really comes down to is a close focusing on people and interaction as opposed to close focus on profit margins.
P.s. My angel is amazing. Through her efforts and her work and her initiative her little workplace raised 12K for the tsunami victims. I am so proud of her.
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Nathan |
2:07 PM