Work buggery
Posted By matt on September 3, 2004
Okay, so I find this problem at work. Basically, there is always the question about software conflicting with other software installed, right? So, I asked a couple developers about their design, and basically find out that there shouldn't be any issues and it should all work fine. No problem, right? Well, these guys CC-ed their boss on their reply, and he likes the idea so much that he tells me that I need to test it and make sure that it all works. 3 lines of printers, 3 interfaces, all combinations. WTF? How am I responsible for this.
This is, of course, why no one sticks their neck out in big companies. Distinguish yourself by being an efficient worker, and you get more work. Be an efficient manager, you get more projects. In theory, this should come with more money, but the reviews have been so long in coming that I've given up on them. It's sad too, and I tried pushing them along, because my people deserve reviews and raises. But it's like swimming against quicksand. The HR people don't seem to care (though they'd get very offended if you tell them that) and it takes so long, and so many go arounds with trying to get them done (I have 2 reviews to do, each has gone through three revisions with HR) that eventually you just stop trying, because you can't do all the HR bullshit and still get your job done. No wonder people (especially good ones) in technical professions rarely spend more than two years at a company. You end up having to quit just to keep your workload manageable and your salary up.
In other news, I'm checking out Unison for file synchronization between machines.
I made cookies. Chocolate chip.
Tomorrow is a trip up to Warwick to get cat litter, go to Michael's and Dicks. Liz and I are thinking about taking up kayaking. Small boats are fun, and I can get racks for the golf.
Sunday, we're going to the Woodstock fair. It's you're nice rural fair.
Monday we're going to hang out with some friends at one friend's beach house.
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