Gotta get up and take on that world!
Jul. 27th, 2005 03:07 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
scottopicSo here at work, after being relatively-to-absolutely on the bench for a number of weeks, I'm suddenly overbooked with projects. It's not going to be the mad days of 24-coding from last fall, but it is a sudden shift. I mostly like it, but it's a weird adjustment.
Something else is on my plate now, in that I might get shipped to Portland, Oregon for a 6-month assignment with a huge internet security software producer. I discussed this with the Greek and we're cool on the idea, provided it's more of a short-week travel schedule, vs. an expectation of me being physically present in Portland for 6 months. I'm excited and a little nervous, since it'd be a direct client facing position, a shift in role (I'd be a QA Manager) and the geo-personal distances. It's also a distinct first in having "Mgr" in my role title (my technical title is "Solutions Developer", but role titles are wiggly flexible depending on project).
Whoa.
I discussed with the Greek about how so often when I talk about work or similar things, I feel like I'm trying to say "Look at me! I'm an adult!" when I still feel like a teenager with responsibilities thrust upon me. It also seems like so many people do this, and I completely unfairly treat this as amusing-in-identification or lame-because-I-know-they-feel-as-I-do-underneath, depending on my disposition towards these people. I have a MEETING to go to which means I AM AN ADULT because MEETINGS are ADULT things!
when you're an adult, it's no cliche...it's the truth!
It's a succulent life.
Something else is on my plate now, in that I might get shipped to Portland, Oregon for a 6-month assignment with a huge internet security software producer. I discussed this with the Greek and we're cool on the idea, provided it's more of a short-week travel schedule, vs. an expectation of me being physically present in Portland for 6 months. I'm excited and a little nervous, since it'd be a direct client facing position, a shift in role (I'd be a QA Manager) and the geo-personal distances. It's also a distinct first in having "Mgr" in my role title (my technical title is "Solutions Developer", but role titles are wiggly flexible depending on project).
Whoa.
I discussed with the Greek about how so often when I talk about work or similar things, I feel like I'm trying to say "Look at me! I'm an adult!" when I still feel like a teenager with responsibilities thrust upon me. It also seems like so many people do this, and I completely unfairly treat this as amusing-in-identification or lame-because-I-know-they-feel-as-I-do-underneath, depending on my disposition towards these people. I have a MEETING to go to which means I AM AN ADULT because MEETINGS are ADULT things!
when you're an adult, it's no cliche...it's the truth!
It's a succulent life.
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Date: 2005-07-27 08:27 pm (UTC)And yeah, I'm hoping it's a workable proposition...it does sound cool.
Btw, your mentioning cumin the other day in D.'s entry about cooking sparked an idea that worked wonderfully last night! I'll post it soon.