Am I really that busy!?!?

Guess not, because I had enough time to write this. Hello alts. So as we are currently T minus 6 days and counting until I take over the reigns of a 50 Mill/year companies IT department lets just get it over now and scream that the sky is falling. Every frickin meeting is a new acronym to write down and learn. Not only learn it I have to know it and answer questions relevant to our setup and the topic. And for some reason everyone has turned a blind eye to the fact that I have limited experience in the business or its overall architecture. I guess a confident demeanor goes farther than I thought. I have never been one to wear my true emotions on my sleeve but I can only imagine the look that’s going to be on my face the first time I am in some meeting with the director of operations and it is revealed that the guy holding the fort has rubber legs.

The way the volume of work has been piled on I am beginning to believe that I am already fired and now they are just screwing with my mind. Trying to break me. Sigh, so enough with the pessimism eh lets hit the optimistic switch and begin planning….our…

EXIT STRATEGY

So right now I have got a good story and it occurs to me that I have raised my overall value to prospective employers. What else do employers like hearing more than the guy who got placed outside the box and was then asked to hold the whole show together? It’s definitely a spinnable argument to make and now could be a good time to make it.

Don’t look at me like that…

And for all you friends out there who are do gooders, who in the back of your mind are asking why I don’t just suck it up and take initiative and take charge. Believe me I am doing that. But let’s face facts. This company has seen 5 senior management changes in less than two years time. Often I had wondered about what they are seeing and now that I am getting a taste of that level the warning signs are becoming clear.

The Wisdom of Jarvis Cocker

Help the aged. Because one day they were just as you. Drinking, smoking, sex and sniffing glue.

Bueno Politicos

At this point from mid year elections I would advise simply to turn off the pundits. Find out where the politicians stand and vote from there. Everything will turn to spin and mud from this point forward. Don’t let it get you down. Don’t let it allow you to think of not voting.

It was as if a million voices cried out and then were silent….

So my favorite hobby had been planning a large scale update to the volume of content available in their product. Unfortunately they followed the paths of every other major software distributor and have pushed back their release date. Which is fine by me; more time to keep pushing my alts into a ready for expansion level. Also with the delay goes guild drama as suddenly everyone has a little more reason to return to actively pursuing current content. Also a post January release also means I might actually be able to get some time to enjoy it in the first week.

Final thoughts

1. Admins make surprisingly good money to take lunch orders.
2. If you are backed into a conversational corner by a question dismiss the premise of the argument. This will give you time to regroup your thoughts to address the issue.
3. You can jump whenever you’re told but eventually you’re going to come down.