Who says I haven't already ;)
Lori -----Original Message----- From: loathe [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 26, 2006 12:29 To: CF-Community Subject: RE: Need Advice 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:218490 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
