#rachel's work

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When you find out that the project Management has been breathing down your neck about actually doesn’t matter whatsoever to the customer they claimed was super pissed about not having it.

One the one hand, holy shit yes, we are free from absurdly unsafe timelines. On the other hand, why have we wasted so much time and energy on a design nobody cares about?!!!?!?!!

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Folks. I get to sing a health insurance inspired parody of Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy for a big important work conference.

I’ve really not liked work this past month, what with working 6 days a week, 10-12 hour days every day. But this. This is fantastic.

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Team leaders: We're going to need you to work this weekend.

Me: Well. I suppose it's probably called for. Does the development have approval yet?

Them: ...

Me: I can't do anything until it's approved. Can you approve it?

Them: Nah the guy who does that doesn't work weekends

Them: Still due by noon Monday tho

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I had my last one-on-one with my team leader today before he leaves. I’m going to miss him so much! He was a wonderful team lead, but it’s almost sad he was mine because I think we would have had some super great deep conversations, were it not for the work boundary. We’re super different, so I think the conversations would have been really rewarding

Still. Happy for him that he gets to do what he wants.

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My team lead is leaving work which is sad because he is wonderful. He also took the opportunity to invite me to be a team lead myself.

I told myself that if he asked again (this is 4th time) I’d seriously consider it. But I think I’m afraid it would close more doors that it would open. 

Sure, job/career/resume wise it’d be great. But people on the team would probably be far less open with me if I was a team lead. And like, I really, really want to be able to talk deeply with people about faith. I’m already trying really hard to walk that fine line, but how much harder would it be if I was a team lead?

I mean, everyone currently on the team already knows me. So I don’t think they’d close up or anything. But new people? And I’d have to be really careful. I can ask personal questions now and it’s not weird. But it might be weird if I was in charge of people.

I don’t know what to doooooooo????

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We lost 2 developers in a week :(

The only potential upside is maybe QA will drown slightly less quickly.

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Good news at work today: we have decided to not destroy the project I was working on! So we’ll keep our timelines and our promise to our customers! And not break a million things! Yaaaaaay! 

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