2010.09.28 (16:51): Class Diagrams and what not..
Another meeting of DK's input on our Class Diagram. He has further expressed concerns I am not talking or asking questions. The standard answer of "I am just going with the flow so as to take this all in and not be too judgmental up front" is becoming very rote and may not work much longer.
I am unclear how to exactly explain the idea that I do have an idea how to do all of this - a fairly damn good one - but I have taken a back seat to BJ's existing experience using this process even though when I voice my opinions on a few things he shoots them down with the tone of "I know how DK wants this done". That belief he may or may not know how DK operates seems to prove more accurate about 70% of the time. The other times I go along with BJ because DK is highly irrational on what he wants or is asking for and it is plausible what BJ says is true even in the face of reality.
Take my new desire to smack BJ for not understanding Object Orientated programming. We have a bunch of small objects that sort of do the same thing. He lists them out. Mkay perhaps it is implied they are all of one type and inherit from that object. Nope.. DK calls us out on that. Thanks BJ. Additionally, what the hell BJ? You really though creating your object is going to blankly instantiate all your internal objects when they are not being used?
Ugh. I went with the flow on that one and blushed red like a fool when DK went into a fairly condescending explanation of how OO programing should work.
I think I might reactivate my more belligerent and overpower skills and start directing this bastard sample project in spite of BJ's alleged experience. Then again it might be too late to man handle this thing.
I am unclear how to exactly explain the idea that I do have an idea how to do all of this - a fairly damn good one - but I have taken a back seat to BJ's existing experience using this process even though when I voice my opinions on a few things he shoots them down with the tone of "I know how DK wants this done". That belief he may or may not know how DK operates seems to prove more accurate about 70% of the time. The other times I go along with BJ because DK is highly irrational on what he wants or is asking for and it is plausible what BJ says is true even in the face of reality.
Take my new desire to smack BJ for not understanding Object Orientated programming. We have a bunch of small objects that sort of do the same thing. He lists them out. Mkay perhaps it is implied they are all of one type and inherit from that object. Nope.. DK calls us out on that. Thanks BJ. Additionally, what the hell BJ? You really though creating your object is going to blankly instantiate all your internal objects when they are not being used?
Ugh. I went with the flow on that one and blushed red like a fool when DK went into a fairly condescending explanation of how OO programing should work.
I think I might reactivate my more belligerent and overpower skills and start directing this bastard sample project in spite of BJ's alleged experience. Then again it might be too late to man handle this thing.
2010.09.28 (15:24): Silverlight and WPF! Yum!
I am about 1/3 through this Silverlight book, "Beginning Silverlight 4 in C#", and hot damn if I don't actually really enjoy this now. XAML you are all about making sense and eventually, when I hit Expression Blend, I'll make the most bestest, awesomest GUIs ever!
2010.09.27 (16:03): Oh DK is a tricky fish...
DK just noticed, that would be at 1.58pm, that I have been avoiding talking when in meetings with him. Not that I have a particular grudge or what not against him, but I feel if I am fairly certain about what he is saying I keep my yap shut so as to minimize any information or tidbits he can attach himself to and further drone on. I was impressed.
Now I need to find a book or dvd on "How to mind fuck your fellow coworkers for fun and amusement". I really don't want to do much besides bewilder and confuse him. I thought about the opposite extreme and trying to "out talk" dk but even I have my limits with out circling back on myself and god knows I don't want to ingrain the DK/Jefe style of communication. I would shoot myself in the leg if that happens.
Now I need to find a book or dvd on "How to mind fuck your fellow coworkers for fun and amusement". I really don't want to do much besides bewilder and confuse him. I thought about the opposite extreme and trying to "out talk" dk but even I have my limits with out circling back on myself and god knows I don't want to ingrain the DK/Jefe style of communication. I would shoot myself in the leg if that happens.
2010.09.21 (22:18): She won't win any beauty awards...
BJ and I have slogged through DK's recommended changes thanks to my excellent note taking skills and knowing his suggestions are actual statements of what he desires. BJ spent too damn long making up a jank ass prototype - well let's just call it a screen layout - in ASP. It is hella ugly. Tomorrow, after what I am sure will be the most scintillating meeting on Sticks' findings of Sharepoint, we will be delving into the SRS documentation. I think we are at the halfway point. I may strangle BJ due to his noises and god forsaken asides from his life and past jobs. *sigh*
In other news MysteryNurse just texted me with the every so common place "what's up?". Greaaaaat.
In other news MysteryNurse just texted me with the every so common place "what's up?". Greaaaaat.
2010.09.13 (07:32): Woah.. early..
I happened to get up today at 6.25am... showered, brushed my teeth, and sat on my couch watching the news. I was out the door by 6.50am. It was amazing how light traffic was this early and I got to work at 7.15am. I got in the elevator and was pissed I had to swipe my badge to get in. Wow.. I should have kicked it and watched more saved by the bell.
2010.09.08 (15:28): The bleak road at my feet..
Today is the first day of my "post CB" life. Things are not going well.
I have some mild anxiety that my productive life is over. Even with the albatross that is/was CB at least I was doing something productive and forward moving.
Today I have milled around reading sharepoint books on Safari and staring at this ‘design and dev’ doc. No defined forward momentum today. I am trying to get peppy and learn a new language or something, but it is hard to frame my time for that.
I get the uneasy feeling of starting a long rote walk into a dusty and dirty outlands. Something akin to when Judge Dredd (the movie) was kicked out of the Megacity and they clanged the doors behind him. Except I don’t have an awesomely large big gun to dispense law to the lawless with.
I fear I may go insane before too long. I can see how others on the team have sunk into apathy and benignly accepted this level of... existence... but not I. I am a builder, a shaper of digital dreams, and a creator. I have to resist withering away on this vine of indifference though all signs from management upwards point to my fate.
Aaaaargg!
I have some mild anxiety that my productive life is over. Even with the albatross that is/was CB at least I was doing something productive and forward moving.
Today I have milled around reading sharepoint books on Safari and staring at this ‘design and dev’ doc. No defined forward momentum today. I am trying to get peppy and learn a new language or something, but it is hard to frame my time for that.
I get the uneasy feeling of starting a long rote walk into a dusty and dirty outlands. Something akin to when Judge Dredd (the movie) was kicked out of the Megacity and they clanged the doors behind him. Except I don’t have an awesomely large big gun to dispense law to the lawless with.
I fear I may go insane before too long. I can see how others on the team have sunk into apathy and benignly accepted this level of... existence... but not I. I am a builder, a shaper of digital dreams, and a creator. I have to resist withering away on this vine of indifference though all signs from management upwards point to my fate.
Aaaaargg!
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