i love my job...
i really do. even w/ the crappy projects that i have been on lately. part of the reason i love my job so much is because of my coworkers. now i don't like all of my coworkers, but the ones i have worked with closely are so intelligent and just enjoyable to be around.
one in particular is Kip. He is my program lead for P&C (the mprogram that i actually work on) and has worked on this program and at state farm for several years. Warning: bad puns/analogies ahead --> He is a machine...he retains knowledge like DB which is indexed extremely well. he honestly knows so much and is able to find answers to almost anything. i have learned so much from him in the past 10 months and so much more i want to learn from him.
not only does he know everything, he is amazing at teaching. he is able to explain things in a very concise, clear and understandable manner and doesn't get off of topic either (this is a problem w/ a lot of my coworkers). he is also fun to just hang out w/ and joke around with.
now i am also friends w/ his wife. she was actually my first mentor in PPE when i was an intern. We occasionally hang out and i got her to start sewing.
Well, i have known for a while now, but it was officially announced today that Kip's last day will be Dec 31. They are moving to Austin where he will take another position within his company (he is an external/contract employee with SF).
So that leaves me w/ my 2 other coworkers on P&C...i do not like them as much. they are both extremely hard to work with, are stuck in their ways of service modeling, and he is just socially retarded. he has no idea how to interact w/ people, is extremely difficult to talk to, and can just be downright rude. they both also like to try and get out of work. they don't know the job very well, he constantly asks questions several times (like 4-5 times), and again is always trying to get out of doing work!!
now the woman was actually brought onto the project side of p&c to be the lead analyst with me being the secondary b/c my lead analyst was fired (i seem to have a hard time keeping coworkers :-( ). since she doesn't seem to want to do work, i have pretty much taken on this position from the get-go...which helped me really learn and get my promotion but still didn't seem fair.
the guy was brought onto our team to be our service/capacity modeler. he is so helpless that our capacity model has now been divided up between the four of us to do b/c he can't do it all by himself. so now i am helping w/ that along w/ my project work.
so kip is leaving me w/ these 2 and i am honestly scared. this is a very important program and more importantly he has been working on a very very important project which i am sure i will be taking over. as for our re-org i have not heard anything yet.
the one guy i think that would be good in it is also looking at leaving as well since he wants to eventually become a project manager. so the two guys i enjoyed working with the most will probably both be gone by the end of the year :-(
some of my co-workers have said that i will probably move into that position but i really doubt it. i don't think i will be asked and even if i was i don't think i would accept it. you need a lot of experience to be in the position of which i obviously don't have w/ my year and a half of employment. hopefully my team lead makes a good decision and not based on personal feelings on others.
hopefully it will all work out in the end and i am not put into a position where i am in over my head and our projects suffer...
and i will really miss kip and dawn. they have been amazing coworkers and good friends...i guess i just have a reason to visit austin now ;-)
one in particular is Kip. He is my program lead for P&C (the mprogram that i actually work on) and has worked on this program and at state farm for several years. Warning: bad puns/analogies ahead --> He is a machine...he retains knowledge like DB which is indexed extremely well. he honestly knows so much and is able to find answers to almost anything. i have learned so much from him in the past 10 months and so much more i want to learn from him.
not only does he know everything, he is amazing at teaching. he is able to explain things in a very concise, clear and understandable manner and doesn't get off of topic either (this is a problem w/ a lot of my coworkers). he is also fun to just hang out w/ and joke around with.
now i am also friends w/ his wife. she was actually my first mentor in PPE when i was an intern. We occasionally hang out and i got her to start sewing.
Well, i have known for a while now, but it was officially announced today that Kip's last day will be Dec 31. They are moving to Austin where he will take another position within his company (he is an external/contract employee with SF).
So that leaves me w/ my 2 other coworkers on P&C...i do not like them as much. they are both extremely hard to work with, are stuck in their ways of service modeling, and he is just socially retarded. he has no idea how to interact w/ people, is extremely difficult to talk to, and can just be downright rude. they both also like to try and get out of work. they don't know the job very well, he constantly asks questions several times (like 4-5 times), and again is always trying to get out of doing work!!
now the woman was actually brought onto the project side of p&c to be the lead analyst with me being the secondary b/c my lead analyst was fired (i seem to have a hard time keeping coworkers :-( ). since she doesn't seem to want to do work, i have pretty much taken on this position from the get-go...which helped me really learn and get my promotion but still didn't seem fair.
the guy was brought onto our team to be our service/capacity modeler. he is so helpless that our capacity model has now been divided up between the four of us to do b/c he can't do it all by himself. so now i am helping w/ that along w/ my project work.
so kip is leaving me w/ these 2 and i am honestly scared. this is a very important program and more importantly he has been working on a very very important project which i am sure i will be taking over. as for our re-org i have not heard anything yet.
the one guy i think that would be good in it is also looking at leaving as well since he wants to eventually become a project manager. so the two guys i enjoyed working with the most will probably both be gone by the end of the year :-(
some of my co-workers have said that i will probably move into that position but i really doubt it. i don't think i will be asked and even if i was i don't think i would accept it. you need a lot of experience to be in the position of which i obviously don't have w/ my year and a half of employment. hopefully my team lead makes a good decision and not based on personal feelings on others.
hopefully it will all work out in the end and i am not put into a position where i am in over my head and our projects suffer...
and i will really miss kip and dawn. they have been amazing coworkers and good friends...i guess i just have a reason to visit austin now ;-)