AND LO, THE GODS SENDETH DOWN THE SCRAPS...
...to make me feel like I'm not so useless after all.
So maybe five minutes after I type my last post, I get a call from Meaghan who tells me that one of the proposals I sent off for my current employer just landed us a finalist interview!
We're one of four finalists from a pool of about 180 proposals pitched to this company, so you can well imagine that I'm more than a little pleased with my accomplishment here. It may only be a 67k project, but every bit helps. And whether or not my boss/partner can close the deal, I will feel very vindicated in terms of my usefulness at this place for having gotten them this far.
See, for the last two months, I had been feeling increasingly like I was costing this place a lot of money without really giving them anything of value in return (I don't know if I've mentioned this yet, but I'm currently 25% of their entire operating budget). Sure, I've done a crapload of stuff that will have great value in the long run (improved work practices, decent planning and roadmapping, develped solid communications materials and tools, etc.), but nothing I'd done yet had really giving them the short-term financial push they currently need to survive/keep up with the competitors in a feisty market.
But when you can get your company an invitations to speak to the decision makers of a good money account, the ones who will decide whether or not to toss business (and money) your way?
Yeah, I think I done good.
(Now let's hope I can get a few more for them before my new job comes along, so I can really feel okay about what I've done for them.)
So maybe five minutes after I type my last post, I get a call from Meaghan who tells me that one of the proposals I sent off for my current employer just landed us a finalist interview!
We're one of four finalists from a pool of about 180 proposals pitched to this company, so you can well imagine that I'm more than a little pleased with my accomplishment here. It may only be a 67k project, but every bit helps. And whether or not my boss/partner can close the deal, I will feel very vindicated in terms of my usefulness at this place for having gotten them this far.
See, for the last two months, I had been feeling increasingly like I was costing this place a lot of money without really giving them anything of value in return (I don't know if I've mentioned this yet, but I'm currently 25% of their entire operating budget). Sure, I've done a crapload of stuff that will have great value in the long run (improved work practices, decent planning and roadmapping, develped solid communications materials and tools, etc.), but nothing I'd done yet had really giving them the short-term financial push they currently need to survive/keep up with the competitors in a feisty market.
But when you can get your company an invitations to speak to the decision makers of a good money account, the ones who will decide whether or not to toss business (and money) your way?
Yeah, I think I done good.
(Now let's hope I can get a few more for them before my new job comes along, so I can really feel okay about what I've done for them.)