Work babble

This is pretty boring stuff, so feel free to just enjoy the comic and move on.

I’ve made myself my boss’ go-to guy for web design because I don’t whine about it being an imperfect world. There’s another guy I work with who would be good at web design if he wasn’t so hung up on only designing in a perfect world. Yeah, it’d be nice if something was this way or something else was that way, but we should at least do the best we can with what we have. It’s the only way we’re going to get recognition and maybe a little respect from the rest of the department, and it’s working. The work I did last year made steps in the right direction, and I’m trying to build on that now. I can slap a web interface on a database in a couple of hours. There’s so much more I want to do too. Barriers need to be broken, impressions reconsidered (or whatever you do with impressions.) I am currently working on a project to integrate one of our systems with one from another team in the department. The technology we need to integrate them isn’t fully developed yet, so it isn’t an ideal environment. My coworker scoffed at the idea of using the technology because of that, but it can be done. I will do it. When the technology improves, we’ll improve with it. Granted, we could get burned if the technology proves too unreliable and the users get a bad impression of it, but otherwise there’s no need to wait for an ideal environment. I’m glad I got the project instead of him. After discussing it with him yesterday he thinks it’s pretty cool. He reads too many books. Or I should say, he believes too fully in what he reads and closes his mind too readily. He’s a good resource for facts with all he has read, but he doesn’t take enough risks or experiment enough. Too slow to move. That’s why I get chosen for these things – I’m open to try new things, quick to learn, and quick to try. Sometimes quick to fail, but at least I can say exactly why and what needs to change rather than just quoting what I’ve read. Proof speaks louder than words. He’s a nice guy and I’ve learned a fair amount from him, but he bugs me sometimes.

It’s been a busy week. It’s always busy at work when my boss is out now. I used to look forward to a little peace while he was gone, but it hasn’t been that way for years now. My mornings are more peaceful, but that’s about it. I’m not even his designated backup, but I still get at least half of the calls. Nothing I can’t handle, but it just means I get less of my own work done.