Recent Various Kickings of Asses
Now that I'm working on a salary, on projects with deadlines and stuff, it's become more important to be efficient at work (no, slacking off no longer counts). For those of you who wonder what efficiency has to do with work, you probably have an hourly job that you either don't care about at all, or only has one real task associated with it.
I work on websites, specifically e-commerce sites, and I can potentially work on several different bits of several different sites in one day - many of which I have not done any work on before, and I need to familiarize myself with how the thing works before I can make any changes to it. Since this is the first job I've had where I'm confused by what I'm looking at on a regular basis, I adapted and learned to actually prioritize.
As in, actually figure out what I need to do, how I need to do it, and how long it'll take, and what needs doing first, and all that. At the beginning of the day, I look at what's been given to me, and look at all the parts of each task to figure out how difficult they are for me (and what I need to ask other people for help on, before they get all tangled up in their own tasks). It takes about a half hour and saves me up to two, based on how often I used to leave work really late.
Like I've said before, I really like this job. I like it enough to do it right.
In other news, I had to change my own tire yesterday in order to drive home on my donut spare. I've done it before, and I think I set a new speed record. I kick a lot of butt.
I work on websites, specifically e-commerce sites, and I can potentially work on several different bits of several different sites in one day - many of which I have not done any work on before, and I need to familiarize myself with how the thing works before I can make any changes to it. Since this is the first job I've had where I'm confused by what I'm looking at on a regular basis, I adapted and learned to actually prioritize.
As in, actually figure out what I need to do, how I need to do it, and how long it'll take, and what needs doing first, and all that. At the beginning of the day, I look at what's been given to me, and look at all the parts of each task to figure out how difficult they are for me (and what I need to ask other people for help on, before they get all tangled up in their own tasks). It takes about a half hour and saves me up to two, based on how often I used to leave work really late.
Like I've said before, I really like this job. I like it enough to do it right.
In other news, I had to change my own tire yesterday in order to drive home on my donut spare. I've done it before, and I think I set a new speed record. I kick a lot of butt.