Taking on the World

I went through the process of preparing my development plan for work. I pretty much committed myself to influencing the customer satisfaction rating of the teams. *sigh* Yeah right, as if one person can influence what our customers around the world think.

Things are being hurled at me one after the other. It has floored me several times this past week but I think things have picked up from how I was feeling last week. I managed to get one project that has been pending since March off the ground today.

Didn't matter if I had to go in to work today, at least the training session was pretty well received. I didn't conduct it but I fought hard to have this particular vendor conduct it for us since they are way much better than the one that we used to have. The training manager and I split up the logistics between the two of us. I got aprops from the consultants so I take it that I haven't botched up the job.

Next week, I have to go oversee sessions on Saturday AND Sunday. Actually, Saturday might also mean that I will be delivering a training session for another team. And it's possible that I would not get paid for those days. It's not a loss for me altogether since I will learn and pick up stuff that I can use some time in the future in the sessions that I will be handling.

I have a clearer mandate now but it means more work for me. I've always said that it's not the money that drives me but the learning and the fun. It still is true today and I hope it will carry me through.