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today the glitterbomber is... |
2003-06-04 i�ve been a busy girl as of late. just when i was starting to get bored at work, i have a lot to do again. we unveiled my new database today in a training that just about everyone on the project was required to attend. it was a bit nerve-wracking. it�s huge, and i had to create it in a program i�m not very familiar with, so i was afraid that there would be a lot of mistakes. i noted a few here and there, mostly typos, but everything seemed to be okay. i got recognized for doing �99.9%� of the work, and that felt good. there is still work to be done on the database, unfortunately, but at least it will keep me busy. the training today was another one of those times where i felt in the middle of my co-workers. i�m in the middle of our sort-of-hierarchy of pay/job titles, and i�m slightly older and more educated than quite a few of the people i work with. most of the time, i don�t think about these things, but sometimes i identify more with one side, and sometimes i feel aligned with the other. during our training today, the younger people were whispering amongst themselves and passing notes, and that annoyed me, so i suddenly felt older. i�d rather be seen as more serious and professional at work, anyway. it�s part of the reason i try to dress nice most of the time. the younger ones amongst us mostly wear jeans, but i tend towards skirts and nice pants. we don�t have a dress code or anything, but i want to look the part, so to speak. i want my boss and the higher up people to think i�m serious about my career. the �sides� really aren�t defined so sharply as all that. we all get along, and no one acts superior to everyone else. i only pull rank when i don�t want to do data entry. damn, i had so much more that i wanted to write about, but i�m tired. so that�s enough babbling for one day. |
