Work and school whining
Straight up complaining, folks.
A lot of what I do in real life is managing projects. I'm not a PM, but I have meetings twice a week to review the status of current projects with stakeholders and vendors.
The projects vary in complexity. Some are wee things, but some, like our $MultiClientProject right now, are complicated beastly monsters with tons of stakeholders and dependencies. For those, trying to get answers and requirements nailed down, sign off on the inevitable changes through numerous iterations of proposals, executive buy in for extra work (ETL and IT/Analytics dev, etc) just to get the goddamn intakes approved so I can finally send them to the vendor, just to get the fucking PRICING, which then must approved again to FINALLY start development...
Dear God. It can be an absolute nightmare. That was my week, by the way.
I had to leave for an eye appointment after work Friday night, and then grabbed dinner, but went back to work around 9pm. I finally sent the last email with the summary of outstanding requirements I needed clarification/answers on and the six (6) separate intakes for this project that need to be approved (pending those items) at about 1:30 am last night. Or this morning. However you slice it.
And now I am trying to work on homework for my IT project management class. The 'homework' is very vague and undefined - work with your group on what we talked about in class and come up with a project plan.
Seriously? I want an assignment with defined deliverable that I can tick off boxes and know that I accomplished them. I may have hated JavaScript, but I never had any questions about what he expected for homework.
YARGH.
Also, this whole randomly assigned group thing? Fuck me. I got the worst team! Three other people:
- K, who seemed to be the only other serious student. She actually participated i our online email discussions and commented in the shared google doc; she was about my age; and she dropped out last week to take the course at the downtown campus instead
- L, young lady (maybe 25ish?) has a 4 month old baby; sits beside me, spends half the class watching her baby on a baby monitor on the phone and texting (probably her partner or babysitter); very distracted, can't stay later after class for discussion; somewhat responsive, but doesn't contribute much
- S, young guy (maybe 25ish?) has only reacted to two points of email / group discussion, just to say "no, I don't know programming" when I asked him directly and "I think we should use WhatsApp" when we were discussing how to communicated best; does not otherwise contribute in emails; has not commented or contributed on the shared google doc; so far, seems to be useless
And then there is me. Oh yeah did I mention, they want me to lead the group? FUCK OFF. Seriously, I have emphasized I don't really understand what the goal is here, how the hell can I lead this?
I want Mr. Useless off my team. Actually, no. I want to join one of the other teams I heard talking who seem to have a plan and know what they are doing. Unfortunately, that is not an option.
Also, there is a midterm on Wednesday. *sigh*
Let's see. What is something good right now? Because I always tell the whiny child, when EVERYTHING IS SO TERRIBLE OMG, that she has to tell me something good.
I have a most awesome coffee cup that my friend B gave me - she's actually the vendor I work with most, and I saw her in Nashville at our bi-annual business review. She brought it for me. It is hand crafted pottery and it is my new fave. Isn't it great?
It is full of chocoloco tea at the moment.
Also! I won two
fandomtrumpshate auctions I bid in! I made my donation to The Center For Public Integrity this morning. It was the offerings for Person of Interest and Leverage that caught my eye. I am looking forward to seeing what the writers eventually come up with.
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A lot of what I do in real life is managing projects. I'm not a PM, but I have meetings twice a week to review the status of current projects with stakeholders and vendors.
The projects vary in complexity. Some are wee things, but some, like our $MultiClientProject right now, are complicated beastly monsters with tons of stakeholders and dependencies. For those, trying to get answers and requirements nailed down, sign off on the inevitable changes through numerous iterations of proposals, executive buy in for extra work (ETL and IT/Analytics dev, etc) just to get the goddamn intakes approved so I can finally send them to the vendor, just to get the fucking PRICING, which then must approved again to FINALLY start development...
Dear God. It can be an absolute nightmare. That was my week, by the way.
I had to leave for an eye appointment after work Friday night, and then grabbed dinner, but went back to work around 9pm. I finally sent the last email with the summary of outstanding requirements I needed clarification/answers on and the six (6) separate intakes for this project that need to be approved (pending those items) at about 1:30 am last night. Or this morning. However you slice it.
And now I am trying to work on homework for my IT project management class. The 'homework' is very vague and undefined - work with your group on what we talked about in class and come up with a project plan.
Seriously? I want an assignment with defined deliverable that I can tick off boxes and know that I accomplished them. I may have hated JavaScript, but I never had any questions about what he expected for homework.
YARGH.
Also, this whole randomly assigned group thing? Fuck me. I got the worst team! Three other people:
- K, who seemed to be the only other serious student. She actually participated i our online email discussions and commented in the shared google doc; she was about my age; and she dropped out last week to take the course at the downtown campus instead
- L, young lady (maybe 25ish?) has a 4 month old baby; sits beside me, spends half the class watching her baby on a baby monitor on the phone and texting (probably her partner or babysitter); very distracted, can't stay later after class for discussion; somewhat responsive, but doesn't contribute much
- S, young guy (maybe 25ish?) has only reacted to two points of email / group discussion, just to say "no, I don't know programming" when I asked him directly and "I think we should use WhatsApp" when we were discussing how to communicated best; does not otherwise contribute in emails; has not commented or contributed on the shared google doc; so far, seems to be useless
And then there is me. Oh yeah did I mention, they want me to lead the group? FUCK OFF. Seriously, I have emphasized I don't really understand what the goal is here, how the hell can I lead this?
I want Mr. Useless off my team. Actually, no. I want to join one of the other teams I heard talking who seem to have a plan and know what they are doing. Unfortunately, that is not an option.
Also, there is a midterm on Wednesday. *sigh*
Let's see. What is something good right now? Because I always tell the whiny child, when EVERYTHING IS SO TERRIBLE OMG, that she has to tell me something good.
I have a most awesome coffee cup that my friend B gave me - she's actually the vendor I work with most, and I saw her in Nashville at our bi-annual business review. She brought it for me. It is hand crafted pottery and it is my new fave. Isn't it great?
It is full of chocoloco tea at the moment.
Also! I won two
fandomtrumpshate auctions I bid in! I made my donation to The Center For Public Integrity this morning. It was the offerings for Person of Interest and Leverage that caught my eye. I am looking forward to seeing what the writers eventually come up with.
This entry was originally posted at https://shaddyr.dreamwidth.org/432741.html. Please comment wherever you want.