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I really don't think I can finish everything that's on my plate by Friday. I'm not sure I can even finish half of what's left.
When this schedule was drawn up, we didn't know how much work it involved. Several large pieces were later added. Sadly, despite this fact I will feel like a failure if I don't finish it all. I fear that people will remember that I didn't finish, while forgetting all the extras that weren't in the original list.
Lesson: As soon as I see extra stuff, I should insist on reworking the schedule. What's written down matters. Even if my boss doesn't have a selective memory, *I* will feel better when I'm less nervous about what's on paper.
When this schedule was drawn up, we didn't know how much work it involved. Several large pieces were later added. Sadly, despite this fact I will feel like a failure if I don't finish it all. I fear that people will remember that I didn't finish, while forgetting all the extras that weren't in the original list.
Lesson: As soon as I see extra stuff, I should insist on reworking the schedule. What's written down matters. Even if my boss doesn't have a selective memory, *I* will feel better when I'm less nervous about what's on paper.
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"Buy... more... soap..."
[a giggle that wrecks the whole thing]
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Yes.
I wish I could offer to help, but code looks like the cat walked on the keyboard, to me.
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My boss told me that if at the end of the day tomorrow I am still "staring down into the abyss" (his words) we'll figure out who gets to do this stuff while I'm gone. It still feels bad-ish, but... lesson learned.
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Since when did we work on the same projects, let alone at the same company?
Hang in there - you'll be on that lovely vacation soon (and will be taking pictures, I trust??)
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Incredible how SAME it all is, no matter where you go.
You've heard of the Swedish ship Vasa, perhaps? Short version: Build really big ship (use 4% of domestic GNP). After much of hull is built, change the requirements: two gundecks. Rush ship to completion because king insists. Launch ship. Ship promptly capsizes in slight breeze, and sits on bottom of harbor for 333 years. Surprise! Ship was badly engineered all round -- because you can't add a second gundeck to a ship that has the belly to balance only one.
When Rob and I learned this story, coupla years ago, we had to shake our heads in sadness. We haven't learned squat in the last three centuries. We still change requirements in the middle of a project and we still get disappointed when the result is badly broken.
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