Category: work

  • Mentally Challenged

    Mentally Challenged

    I clearly demonstrated my excellent language skills on that day…

  • One For All

    One For All

    Imagine how disappointing it is to find your team is responsible for an issue that’s not just affecting another internal team but also real customers.

  • The Important Stuff

    The Important Stuff

    Luckily, not much changes day-to-day for many of us with a given re-org. And I’m sure we wouldn’t impulsively burn our bridges – because experience tells us we may well be re-org’d back someday.

  • Dropping The Bomb

    Dropping The Bomb

    I remember when swearing in a large-scale meeting was really jarring, but now it’s like a sign of authenticity.

  • Unexpected Returns

    Unexpected Returns

    Luckily this was from 10 years ago, and I feel like we have, collectively, gotten better about working while on vacation.

  • TGIF?

    TGIF?

    This was some years back, but I can still feel the visceral disbelief that it was fine to put the issue aside when they were ready to stop working for the day, but it could not be more urgent to wake us up at 2 AM.

  • That’s Our Line!

    That’s Our Line!

    And to think that we put in so much effort to make sure we were never causing them any delays! Grrrr. Don’t get me started!

  • Who Cares

    Who Cares

    While the confidence in my team is great, we can’t just make up data from thin air – we do need to have something to work with.

  • That Second Ask

    That Second Ask

    Have you ever been caught pulling a weird face reacting to something in a meeting and then getting called out on it? Because I have.

  • Long String Solutions

    Long String Solutions

    On the one hand, we could say that this logging must be really good, because there’s so much information there! But on the other hand, it is also really hard to use.