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elainegrey) wrote2011-05-13 06:35 am
elainegrey) wrote2011-05-13 06:35 am
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Yesterday: two three-hour meetings, mostly good, and i wasn't running them. There's ease there for me. I would have tried to get more done, stay on more point, but i was letting others run them and maybe most folks need that time. It was NOT particularly draining, although object oriented Java architecture language and diagrams are a chalenge. During the second meeting, the team worked on some clear communication, and unloading some words.
On Monday i had discovered that BNB wanted to name a method CreateOrUpdateUser and BAN thought he was talking about Create- or UpdateUser. We must get better about writing on the whiteboard.
As i was packing up to go home, i read a comment from my morning post and it resonated with some condolences i'd received from colleagues that morning:
Finally, i cried and wept. I have lost something, even though DRR will still be around and part of my life.
Home in heavy traffic, then a long retired colleague met up with Christine and i, and we went to see another colleague who is recovering from knee replacement surgery.
Then out to eat, where i had one of those lovely large bottles of Indian beer.
--==∞==--
In minutes, the HR person will call, and i will share how Dave and i had discussed that i ought to be promoted and ask how to pursue a reclass with my new manager.
On Monday i had discovered that BNB wanted to name a method CreateOrUpdateUser and BAN thought he was talking about Create- or UpdateUser. We must get better about writing on the whiteboard.
As i was packing up to go home, i read a comment from my morning post and it resonated with some condolences i'd received from colleagues that morning:
New Product Colleague : I was thinking about you a lot yesterday with all of the changes. When layoffs happened last year, my boss at the time (who I liked a lot) got laid off.
Me : Thanks. I've worked with DRR for ten years, and he's mentored me and given me a great deal of opportunity. By letting me be as prominent in the IDM work as i am and standing back, he let me be the indispensable one. I appreciate that.
"indispensable" of course....
New Product Colleague : It takes a lot of confidence to step back so that other people can grow.
from the few interactions I saw between the two of you, it seemed like he respected you a lot.
When you talk to DRR please pass along my best wishes to him.
Me : It was mutual, although i have an insubordinate streak a mile wide. I will.
Finally, i cried and wept. I have lost something, even though DRR will still be around and part of my life.
Home in heavy traffic, then a long retired colleague met up with Christine and i, and we went to see another colleague who is recovering from knee replacement surgery.
Then out to eat, where i had one of those lovely large bottles of Indian beer.
--==∞==--
In minutes, the HR person will call, and i will share how Dave and i had discussed that i ought to be promoted and ask how to pursue a reclass with my new manager.