Guess I should do this too...
Since I told Val that I used this thing I guess I should, like actually use it. :P
Work has been hell. MMO testing is a walk in the park compared to Consoles. MMOs you only really have crunch for milestones and then for the games release for a few days then you're back on a normal schedule. In the console world we've pretty much been in crunch mode for the past six or so months.
Sure its nice getting those giant ass checks, but when I go home at night with those games I've bought with the money only to pass straight out and have to get up early the next day it's really not worth it. My mom has been fussing at me a lot about working all of these hours because she did the same thing when she was growing up and it didn't do her any good. I see her point but this pretty much is my life... what else am I going to do go out to a bar?
Jeff is leaving me for Tosh's startup company. I knew that he was going to leave eventually, but I didn't expect it to be so soon. After I found this out I understood why Tosh was so quiet when I we all went out to have an old QA gang get together. Those guys were the best I've ever worked with, no one can ever touch how great we all were! Anyhow...!
Val is obviously not happy at work. I've been trying to do everything I can to keep things civil amongst everyone, and while it is civil for the most part shes still unhappy. I don't think there is much that I can do to really help that other than supporting her in her decisions about where she wants to go and what she wants to do. I honestly believe that she'll love the MMO QA world, or at least I certianly hope so. I don't believe that she has really found her true calling just yet (outside of roller derby). I want her to find something that she will at least enjoy doing until the time that she figures out what she wants to do with the rest of her life.
Work has been hell. MMO testing is a walk in the park compared to Consoles. MMOs you only really have crunch for milestones and then for the games release for a few days then you're back on a normal schedule. In the console world we've pretty much been in crunch mode for the past six or so months.
Sure its nice getting those giant ass checks, but when I go home at night with those games I've bought with the money only to pass straight out and have to get up early the next day it's really not worth it. My mom has been fussing at me a lot about working all of these hours because she did the same thing when she was growing up and it didn't do her any good. I see her point but this pretty much is my life... what else am I going to do go out to a bar?
Jeff is leaving me for Tosh's startup company. I knew that he was going to leave eventually, but I didn't expect it to be so soon. After I found this out I understood why Tosh was so quiet when I we all went out to have an old QA gang get together. Those guys were the best I've ever worked with, no one can ever touch how great we all were! Anyhow...!
Val is obviously not happy at work. I've been trying to do everything I can to keep things civil amongst everyone, and while it is civil for the most part shes still unhappy. I don't think there is much that I can do to really help that other than supporting her in her decisions about where she wants to go and what she wants to do. I honestly believe that she'll love the MMO QA world, or at least I certianly hope so. I don't believe that she has really found her true calling just yet (outside of roller derby). I want her to find something that she will at least enjoy doing until the time that she figures out what she wants to do with the rest of her life.