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Jan. 28th, 2012 01:45 pmI've been super busy with work and I don't see that ending any time soon. The Project From Hell continues to be both a project and hell. Lucky me.
As for this weekend, yes I have to work. At least I can work from home and avoid all the yahoos downtown. The Super Bowl is next weekend and all the fan stuff like the NFL Experience and the Super Bowl Village opened yesterday. Downtown Indianapolis is something of a zoo these days. And traffic sucks the big one due to all the road closures. My morning drive has doubled from 20 minutes to 40. My evening drive hasn't been too bad yet although that is likely due more to not getting out of work till 6:30-7:00 PM most of this past week.
This week? This week is probably going to suck. Super Bowl. Traffic. Meetings for TPFH day in and day out. I'm a little bit beyond my normal stress level these days. And I'm pissed at my project manager. I've been telling him for months that he needs to requisition resources for me, people that have a specific skill set, in order for me to finish the technical design for one portion of the system. Friday I reiterated to him that I needed this done and asap. He stood there, looked me in the eye, and said "I have no recollection of that conversation". Which is pretty much bullshit but whatever. So I said fine, just requisition them, now, because I can't do this by myself. I don't have the experience with the tool to write a technical design. Requirements, yes. Technical design, no. He said "I have faith in you". At which point I f!cking lost it. It isn't about having faith in me, its about getting the right resources to do the damn job and as the PM it is his responsibility to do that. Can I do it myself? Yes. But it will not be done by 3/30 as I'll have to train myself on the tool first. His respons was about what I expected - send him an email with what I need spelled out and he'll see what he can do but he expects me to be able to do it myself and on time.
I will not type what I called him in my head after that conversation. It is not fit for public consumption.
So I sent the stupid email - as well as forwarding back several I'd already sent him (don't recall that conversation my ass). And talked to both the Enterprise Architect that is the guru with the tool we are using and one of my co-workers that is a genius with the thing. Both are completely booked, can only help answer questions on a limited basis, and let me know that everyone with enough experience to help me is booked on the two project with higher priority than The Project From Hell and are off limits. Which means unless there's a miracle I'm on my own.
Yeah, not one of my better weeks. I wonder if McDonald's is hiring?
Wish me luck next week and in the coming months. I think I'm going to need it.
As for this weekend, yes I have to work. At least I can work from home and avoid all the yahoos downtown. The Super Bowl is next weekend and all the fan stuff like the NFL Experience and the Super Bowl Village opened yesterday. Downtown Indianapolis is something of a zoo these days. And traffic sucks the big one due to all the road closures. My morning drive has doubled from 20 minutes to 40. My evening drive hasn't been too bad yet although that is likely due more to not getting out of work till 6:30-7:00 PM most of this past week.
This week? This week is probably going to suck. Super Bowl. Traffic. Meetings for TPFH day in and day out. I'm a little bit beyond my normal stress level these days. And I'm pissed at my project manager. I've been telling him for months that he needs to requisition resources for me, people that have a specific skill set, in order for me to finish the technical design for one portion of the system. Friday I reiterated to him that I needed this done and asap. He stood there, looked me in the eye, and said "I have no recollection of that conversation". Which is pretty much bullshit but whatever. So I said fine, just requisition them, now, because I can't do this by myself. I don't have the experience with the tool to write a technical design. Requirements, yes. Technical design, no. He said "I have faith in you". At which point I f!cking lost it. It isn't about having faith in me, its about getting the right resources to do the damn job and as the PM it is his responsibility to do that. Can I do it myself? Yes. But it will not be done by 3/30 as I'll have to train myself on the tool first. His respons was about what I expected - send him an email with what I need spelled out and he'll see what he can do but he expects me to be able to do it myself and on time.
I will not type what I called him in my head after that conversation. It is not fit for public consumption.
So I sent the stupid email - as well as forwarding back several I'd already sent him (don't recall that conversation my ass). And talked to both the Enterprise Architect that is the guru with the tool we are using and one of my co-workers that is a genius with the thing. Both are completely booked, can only help answer questions on a limited basis, and let me know that everyone with enough experience to help me is booked on the two project with higher priority than The Project From Hell and are off limits. Which means unless there's a miracle I'm on my own.
Yeah, not one of my better weeks. I wonder if McDonald's is hiring?
Wish me luck next week and in the coming months. I think I'm going to need it.
