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Monday, September 13th, 2004 11:29 am
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.
Monday, September 13th, 2004 02:41 pm (UTC)
As soon as I see extra stuff, I should insist on reworking the schedule.

Yes.

I wish I could offer to help, but code looks like the cat walked on the keyboard, to me.
Monday, September 13th, 2004 02:45 pm (UTC)
Right now it's looking that way to me too. :-)

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.