Back at work
I am back at work again and feel the pressure. The list of things I need to do keeps growing. I'm trying to keep a level head. No matter what I have to do that, otherwise nothing is possible.
If I can get control of the last two items for our latest kit then I can go on to tackle the quarterly development work (QDW) I have had to put aside.
I've been asked to report on that development work on Friday. It is still possible to pull it through but only if I can handle the kit issues.
Yesterday I worked on all the tickets for that kit. Last night I discovered one more ticket I could remove, so should do that.
For the QDW I realized this morning one major flaw. We had changed the build and added a new argument. This needs to be added back in so we get the same results as what we have been putting in the kit!
Besides this, there is a test update I need to make and some code changes in the test structure script that delivers output with each test completion.
Meanwhile there is a bunch of ruby embedded files we will begin to own and some requirements for our environment I need to code.
There seems to be a certain level of anger and frustration at work. Everyone depends on everyone else. To get something done each person may need items a, b and c done by someone else.
I am in the position of being the person who needs to do things so other people can move on.
Yet, there is at least one dependency I have, which is the QDW reliance on this system which has become overburdened recently. So, even while trying to do everything else, we have to find a solution to that overburden.
I won't be happy again until I can start writing code and fixing problems. That is really all I want: to be able to write code and see it work, demonstrate it, install it, share it. Instead what has been happening is that things that used to work are broken outside of my control and I have to get that work done. It is often complex and definitely unplanned work.
My truck has one tier of bricks in the bed. I need to unload it.
Marisa and I will have our wedding anniversary dinner one day early Friday night. It was not what I wanted as Fridays I am super stressed and don't want to go somewhere special...but it is, once again, the only thing I can do.
If I can get control of the last two items for our latest kit then I can go on to tackle the quarterly development work (QDW) I have had to put aside.
I've been asked to report on that development work on Friday. It is still possible to pull it through but only if I can handle the kit issues.
Yesterday I worked on all the tickets for that kit. Last night I discovered one more ticket I could remove, so should do that.
For the QDW I realized this morning one major flaw. We had changed the build and added a new argument. This needs to be added back in so we get the same results as what we have been putting in the kit!
Besides this, there is a test update I need to make and some code changes in the test structure script that delivers output with each test completion.
Meanwhile there is a bunch of ruby embedded files we will begin to own and some requirements for our environment I need to code.
There seems to be a certain level of anger and frustration at work. Everyone depends on everyone else. To get something done each person may need items a, b and c done by someone else.
I am in the position of being the person who needs to do things so other people can move on.
Yet, there is at least one dependency I have, which is the QDW reliance on this system which has become overburdened recently. So, even while trying to do everything else, we have to find a solution to that overburden.
I won't be happy again until I can start writing code and fixing problems. That is really all I want: to be able to write code and see it work, demonstrate it, install it, share it. Instead what has been happening is that things that used to work are broken outside of my control and I have to get that work done. It is often complex and definitely unplanned work.
My truck has one tier of bricks in the bed. I need to unload it.
Marisa and I will have our wedding anniversary dinner one day early Friday night. It was not what I wanted as Fridays I am super stressed and don't want to go somewhere special...but it is, once again, the only thing I can do.