Work, work, work, work.
Friday, February 20th, 2009 04:07 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
tsaikoSo when I'm not working on my thesis, I'm doing stuff for my job. I went down to attend a meeting in the office as opposed to working remotely, which is what I often do. As soon as I got there, I promptly broke ArcGIS. Two 1/2 hours later they managed to fix it. Good times.
While this was going on, I had my employee review with my manager. Not only did I get an excellent review, but my manager also put in for a substantial pay increase. How much? About a $2.50 an hour pay increase. WOO! That will be nice when it goes through.
I am getting ready to start another project. I thought at first I wouldn't like project work, but I actually find the beginning-middle-endness of it rather soothing. If I get involved in something I don't particularly like (OMG, no more inventorying), I just have to wait a few months for something else to come along. I don't want to ever be a contract worker, but I like this aspect of it. I also like the working on my own part though I still prefer having a strong manager with definite goals.
Finally, I will be doing a presentation on GIS for the entire division in March. They really want to start incorporating it more into what they do with different projects. The problem is, they don't really realize what it can do and how it can help. This is going to be interesting. Especially since I've already had to explain to people the difference between a point, a line, and a polygon more than once. -_-
While this was going on, I had my employee review with my manager. Not only did I get an excellent review, but my manager also put in for a substantial pay increase. How much? About a $2.50 an hour pay increase. WOO! That will be nice when it goes through.
I am getting ready to start another project. I thought at first I wouldn't like project work, but I actually find the beginning-middle-endness of it rather soothing. If I get involved in something I don't particularly like (OMG, no more inventorying), I just have to wait a few months for something else to come along. I don't want to ever be a contract worker, but I like this aspect of it. I also like the working on my own part though I still prefer having a strong manager with definite goals.
Finally, I will be doing a presentation on GIS for the entire division in March. They really want to start incorporating it more into what they do with different projects. The problem is, they don't really realize what it can do and how it can help. This is going to be interesting. Especially since I've already had to explain to people the difference between a point, a line, and a polygon more than once. -_-
