Wednesday, March 29, 2006
Does this mean I have to be social now?
If you recall my post about my career aspirations (or lack thereof), you’ll know that I’m happy with having as little job responsibility as possible. I just got out of a meeting with my manager where we discussed my goals and objectives for this year. He mentioned some training courses for Project Management.
Oh no. This means more responsibility and doing less of the stuff I actually enjoy. I’ve worked with Project Managers. They’re always stressed out and it requires a LOT of organizational skills. My skills at organization are limited to keeping my code clean and keeping the socks out of my underwear drawer.
He went on to tell me that they’re going to start making me the point person for contact for all ongoing projects. He wants all the departments to think of me when they have a question for the web team. Oh great. I have to talk to more people. My phone is going to ring more often and I actually have to unplug my headphones and be social. Ugh. Why are they nudging me in this direction? I suppose that’s what I get for being likeable and responsive to people’s questions. I should’ve been cranky more often. Then again I wouldn’t have gotten the raise I did. Hmm. Double edged sword. I hope I don’t fall on it.
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