So, I just did one of those things that makes me question my career choices \u2013 I booked next week\u2019s travel from the hotel room of this week\u2019s travel. That\u2019s just f\u2019ed up for a non-sales, non-corporate kinda guy. I did so, not just for me, but for a colleague who will be traveling with me. Yeah, I\u2019m that person who says \u201cwe have tickets to the customer site next Wed. Meet me at the airport.\u201d Also, I provided manager level support to some of the the people I\u2019ve \u2013 what \u2013 HIRED in my current role.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What the hell is going on?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The gig this week is stressful \u2013 I seem to be in a role where people look at me, I bang my fist on the table and say \u201cThat\u2019s stupid! We could replace the whole system for that much money!\u201d Then other people find a better solution and I get paid. Sometimes I say \u201cthat won\u2019t work.\u201d I\u2019m almost always right, because they stop trying their dumbass hack at that point and do something else. is one of the only people to have ever stood up to me in one of those moods \u2013 and his idea (the idea that lived!) is carrying the whole company these days. F-ed up, I tell you. They seem to think that I can work miracles just by hanging around for the next 8 weeks. Perhaps I can. Maybe the miracles would have happened anyway. Who knows? That\u2019s the big question. I feel like a catalyst. Does the catalyst know that it\u2019s essential? Does the catalyst have these doubts?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Tomorrow, I deliver \u201ctraining.\u201d God help them. I\u2019m in a mood \u2013 and 7 hours of sleep won\u2019t change a damn thing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Anyone who thinks that I know what I\u2019m doing here is sadly mistaken. If anything, I\u2019m just going as fast and as hard as I can, and hoping that I can sort of glide over the pot holes through velocity alone. Velocity and RAAAAAAAAAAGE.<\/p>\n\n\n\n