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2010.06.30 (09:08): WI 5870

Category: Work
Posted by: modi123
Happy birthday to you.. happy birthday to you.. happy birthday dear 'work-item-5870', happy birthday to you....

Yes.. one of my work items turned one year old June 19th.

Now it's time to put it down.
*shot gun loading noise*
CULL the OLD!


..... god I need some sleep.

2010.06.24 (14:58): Hiring what?

Category: Work
Posted by: modi123
The word is 150-200 SAP contractors are being rounded up and will be shipped down to some secure facility in a few months.. eh.. what? That's would almost triple our size based on existing employees for the department... so it seems we won't be getting a raise next year either.

On the plus side I am now 100% vested in my 401k... w00t!
Category: Work
Posted by: modi123
Fun fact - I took off last Friday. Oddly Mark took off the same day (to watch soccer).

We left the reins of the project in the capable hands of Sticks - a senior developer. The whole week was quiet of production problems and testing issues so what could go wrong?

From what I gather - somewhere about 2.30pm on Friday he went MIA. Some esoteric production problem came in about 4.16pm.. no one was here to deal with it except BJ (exteam member).

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2010.06.10 (23:47): New game..

Category: Work
Posted by: modi123
It's 11.45pm.. I've been on this phone call since 9.30pm.. I left work at 7pm.. I am fucking tired of this. My glimmer of hope for hitting the bar before close with a happy move was dashed to pieces with the announcement TeamfoundationServer is down.

I knew them putting me on mute was a bad thing. They must have been shitting themselves.

I think the CIO Rich just checked in. Pena did.. he sounded angry.

My new game is to see how many of the fourteen miller lights I can drink before I am needed to verify anything... and when I am required to verify how drunk I will be.

There's always that captain and bottle of coke I have.. this could be amusing. I might turn off mute and become belligerent. The night is young.

2010.06.02 (16:01): Lying - the nature of my job...

Category: Work
Posted by: modi123
I came to the conclusion last night I spend a significant portion of my work day lying and telling partial truths - all as a function of my job. People in the field ask why something isn't working or what we have done. They are not looking for a technical answer or even an answer that attempts to explain what's wrong (that would take too long don'tcha know!).

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