some of you know/have talked to me about my goals and desires for this new job i’ve taken. i know i’ve done my fair share of bitching here when the foxfire is hot and heavy, but there are some really good things to this position. despite more hours/responsibility, i’m getting heaping spoonfuls of recognition, and a significant amount of leeway in terms of reliability and experimentation/exploration. in places past, i’ve always had to fight for forward momentum – cost fighting is just a part of the game, but this was fighting on a different level. even after i had convinced users, and user-end management to buy into a tech solution, i’d have to fight with the IT folks to get them to embrace it. 9/10 i was shut down.
i knew crossing back over to IT was going to be hard, and, though it is exciting sometimes (and a drag others) i’ve made the transition pretty well. based on the review i got a few weeks ago, i certainly seem to hold myself to a higher standard than those evaluating what i bring to the organization. today, my boss asked me to sit in on an interview for a new hire (tomorrow as well). as per most of the things i’ve been doing lately that take the most of my time/energy, this has little/nothing to do with the job i was hired for, but speaks well to my long-term goal of positioning myself into a organizational leader/CIO role. the interview is for a position parallel to mine, but working with finance, instead of fundraising.
down with dope, up with hope!
