I've been working twice my usual hours for 3 months now.  There's still no job posted for an addition to my team since we lost our supervisor 8 weeks ago.  The situation is annoying me.  Upper management seems to have developed the opinion that 2.0 FTEs is all we really need, and since I'm providing 1.0 FTEs (instead of 0.5) then they're all set.

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I didn't want to job hunt, but I think my stress level is reaching a point where I should start doing it ( Read more... )

Tired, poor, disconnected... but still here ( Read more... )

Back when I worked in Texas state government during the 1990s, I was referred to as a "change agent". While that phrase is supposed to have a positive definition, you can imagine that in this particular setting it came across more as a pejorative. }:)


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I think maybe I got 2 hours of sleep.  Now, it's off to work at 5am, then drive out to Buffalo by 8am.

We're switching network infrastructure today.  I'm wishing everything was DHCP right now instead of static ip address.

Micromanagement requires large amounts of attention.

Slight fever, general soreness in my left ear, and occasional sharp stabbing pain there.

Good news: I wasn't going in to work today anyway, because I'm telecommuting.  I was unable to register (they were full) for live attendance at today's Microsoft conference in town, so I'm doing their simulcast event instead.

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Working at a non-profit doesn't pay much (especially at part-time hours), but it does have side benefits.  Besides the furry critters, there are also the helpful coworkers.

I got home today and found a package waiting for me.  vulpesferox ("Our Lady of the Coon Rapids Darn") bought that Daria cd for me!  :)  Yay!  Thanks!

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I'm exhausted.  The last 30 hours have been intense in the unpleasant way.

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I need a kind of document that can be edited on any computer platform without someone having to pay for programs to install.  It needs to work without someone having to lower security settings on their pc.  It needs to allow a person to enter data within specific fields in the document.  It needs to be small enough that people can easily email it ( Read more... )

GiveCamp.org ("Coding for Charity") is an organization that arranges weekend-long events at which programmers, database administrators, and other professionals donate their time to build websites for non-profit organizations.  The group started in 2007, but this is the first year that they've held an event in Minnesota.  They chose my organization ( Read more... )