It must be one of the cardinal principles. When its a holiday be handed a significant project which requires lots of hours, stressful work conditions, phone calls all hours. I was given this project to work out with a Fortune 500 integration firm that buys a very specialized appliance we make. Starting about a week ago with a phone call, the entire picture of holiday taking it easy season all changed. I ended up doing 11 hour days for the last week with no break. Finally, I was able to bring a bit of stability to things after delivering a set of builds which work for them.
Don’t get me wrong though; its been massively challenging and I have not had a thing in awhile which stretched me in so many new directions. Now, we’re approaching the 33% done stage I think but there is still a lot of stuff left to do. Projects within projects; tasks within tasks. Its made me feel truly wanted and valuable. It also may place into hazard my upcoming international travel to Japan and Thailand for a sales conference.
So now its Xmas time again. Hard to believe. Seems time spins away down its own roller coaster.
Work this last year has been a mix of good and better. I loved Visa Information Products and it was the best thing I’ve done. I got to meet people that shared a vision of how teams should work and my management team was top notch. Thanks to Matt, Scott, and Manny. You guys rule! Now I’m at this place that does appliances and its even better. I was given management responsibility for an entire product line and I’ve attempted to make it better by building basic project management goals around how we do software.
Anyways, for any that read this puny attempt at a blog; be happy and prosperous. Enjoy the holidays. Be thankful if you can. Its bound to get better. I see light around the corner and it may be Barack but I think its something more. Its bigger change. For there is nothing so constant as change. Embrace it.
