I'd look elsewhere. Too much good stuff for CF developers in the Government sector to deal with bullshit.
When you're done with that you should post nudes. > -----Original Message----- > From: Stone, Mary L CTR NAWCAD, Bldg 447 > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, October 26, 2006 8:47 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Need Advice > > I just started with this company a little over a month ago. So far I > have been having major issues. > > 1. I was told they had flex hours. Now I am being told that I have to > set a schedule and STRICTLY abide that schedule. Such as yesterday I > got here at 7:10 and got a tardiness email. > 2. My was hired along with one of my managers friends (not sure if any > real programming knowledge) needless to say I am not in their "click" I > was told that I am antisocial because I do not go in their office and > "hang out" > 3. The project we are on, there is an old app written in ASP that needs > to be rewritten in CF and db moved from mssql to oracle. The manager > has decided to break it up in three areas, db (he is doing), data input > (friend), and charts (me). Right now I can only look at the code in > notepad and the db in Access because I don't have a dev acct on my > machine yet (which means I cannot install anything) This is fine. When > the sections were established I went through all of the charts in the > old system, made a document listing all of the charts, descriptions, > questions, and recommendations for improvements. Now my cubicle is in a > different room from my manager and his friend. I have been criticized > because I have not been going in to them and asking questions about the > old app. Typically if I see something that I do not understand I look > into it and see if I can come up with the answer, then if necessary ask > someone. They feel I am not being a team member because of this. When > I do go in there and discuss the app the majority of the conversation > consists of making fun of the old code. Fine make jokes, I don't care, > I don't see the point in it though. I am not going to waste my time > doing that. I can look at one of my own apps from 5 years ago and say > wtf was I thinking! The friend is hung up on the fact that there are > many functions that are not being used any more. > 4. When the manager or friend say something that either I don't > understand or I think of something that could impact that decision I say > something. I am analytical to a fault. I usually think of all of the > what-if scenerios. They are taking that as me challenging them. > > > There are a couple of other little issues but this is getting kind of > long. I just left a company that I was with for 5 years. I left > because we pretty much only had 1 application and had been working on it > for the last 3 years. I wanted to do more interesting work. My quandry > is whether I should try to give it more time and hope everything works > itself out, try to make myself fit in with their "mold", get my resume > back out there. I am so incredibly frustrated with all of this. I had > a great repoir with my previous coworkers, I am actually a pretty social > person. I have really never been in this position before. > > > Lori > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:218467 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
