Just my $.02 - Various thoughts, observations and comments.
Just thought I’d recommend a nice little tool I’ve stumbled upon recently. It’s called Bloglines (www.bloglines.com) and it is absolutely the best tool I’ve found for staying up-to-date on all your favorite blogs. My favorite part, which may be the not-so-favorite part to others, is that it’s a website. I wanted something I could keep tabs on everything from any computer I may be surfing from.
So, enjoy, hopefully you’ll like it as much as I do.
Those are my catch phrases related to my new employment situation. From the surface, they may be taken as a slam against my current employer. That is furthest from the truth. I think it’s more a symptom of someone that is over-qualified still getting the job. I’m sure all of us have experienced or heard the “you’re overqualified” when applying for a position.
I don’t say this to toot my own horn, but I’ve entered into an entry level position that is below my skill level, but still frustrating the living fire out of me. My main problem is that I’m “over-thinking” about everything. My immediate job task is to process our “product” very quickly for our clients. Take basic qualifications and requirements, make sure they fit, and get them through. SIMPLE!
Unless, you’re like me and continue to focus on everything that could be done better, flawed processes, room for improvement, etc. That’s not what I’m being paid to think about. At this point it’s seemingly impossible for me to accomplish. The analogy is we’re McDonalds’, (minus the general perceptions of low quality food and atmosphere), focus more on the “billions served”. I’m stuck in getting the cheese on the hamburger precisely and figuring out why every 5th batch of fries is overcooked!
FOCUS PINKY! FOCUS….need patience and persistence to hang-in until a pay-off, hopefully soon. And in the meantime, bills not paid, life beckons, frustration mounts!
Just got an e-mail and found out that the 3rd Star Wars film will be out on May 19th. Yep, that’s right. I’ll be there at 12:01am for the first showing!
Also, just found out how to create my Jedi name, it’s Jasbe Momor.
First Name = 1st 3 letters of your first name with 1st 2 letters of last name
Last Name = 1st 2 letters of mother’s maiden name with 1st 3 letters of hometown city name
Pretty cool huh?
One of the biggest reasons I took this new job is getting back to Monday - Friday, 8am-5pm. The only downside of that is that there’s no longer any opportunity each week to work with Matt A. on the northside. I really enjoyed getting that work in and expanding my knowledge and skills. Not just professionally, but Matt is a great conversationalist and I enjoyed our lunch (and other times) discussions. Still trying to teach myself some new stuff from home, not the same. Let’s hope everything just clicks and I can keep being an asset to him and the company.
Wrapping up my first week on the new job. As with all new jobs, first week is training, training, training and then some more training. There’s alot of process to absorb with this job, but I’m eager to get started because they pretty much let you DO it the way that works for you. Of course there are the basics and fundamentals that are required and those obviously must be met, but for the most part I can develop and tweak my own style and just get the job done.
Now of course I’m not looking to just get the job done, I want to kick the current top dog out of the house and back into the dog house. May be a tough goal, it’s a new business environment, hopefully it won’t take me too long to get going.
Everyone keep me and my family in your prayers. The $$$ situation is TIGHT! Little bit of a paycut with the new job in base salary, and already behind on bills. I believe this weekend I’m going to work on some letters to my creditors, letting them know of the situation and figure out if there’s any adjustments that can be made. Pray, Pray, PRAY!
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