Thu June 30, 2005
Rands reckons there are two kinds of meetings: informational and conflict resolution.
Have you ever worked in Local Government?
Then you know what I know.
You know Rands is wrong.
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Thu June 30, 2005
I’m a contractor. 19 months ago I started at this place. A 2 month contract, just to hold the fort and play DBA while they found a replacement for their previous replacement DBA.
They have never extended me more than 3 months at a time.
I have had six weeks off, and a period where it was a 3-days-a-week thing (fuck that sucked stinky goat wangs)
Aside from that, it’s been pretty much pedal to the metal for 19 months. I have lost count of the extensions, but at a guess I’d say the figure stands at 7. I feel really extended. My collegues have held no less than five farewell lunches for me on five of my ‘last’ days.
Today is my last day. It’s 12:03AM. We’ve got a farewell lunch #6 at 2pm. Pizza. Monkey.
As of yesterday, I have an extension for next month in the pipeline. I didn’t want one, nobody wanted me to have one, so it’s only for ten days.
Ten days that we can move around all over next month and put them where we need them. Just enough to finish The Impossible Project From Hell despite the little supplier delays we’re currently experiencing. And despite future delays. It’s enough.
What I don’t know…
…is just how drunk I’m going to get when it’s finally over…
what it will feel like…
I’ve got a 2nd Interview with a possible new job tomorrow (that’s the day after today). It’s looking good there, I might have a new position when next we meet. I’m sure I can somehow squeeze 10 days of work in between today and when they want me to start there, if I get it. Probably by erasing all my holiday time in between… or maybe I can do weekend work. It’s all weekend work anyway really.
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