OK, so perhaps "middle" is jumping the gun a bit in my case. I can barely contain my hubris at this point, my usual hamartia*. So the curse of low management it is then.
* "In Greek tragedy, hamartia** is commonly understood to refer to the
protagonist’s error or flaw that leads to a chain of plot actions
culminating in a reversal from their good fortune to bad. What qualifies
as the error or flaw can include an error resulting from ignorance, an
error of judgement, a flaw in character, or sin". - Wikipedia.
** It's also the name of my DK, for obvious reasons.
The problem now is akin to being in a traffic jam in a city while painfully trying to get to the bathroom. You want to get to your destination as soon as possible and the pressure is high, but you also have to wait for others to move ahead. Attempts at communication might buy you a minute or two in the slightly faster lane, only to discover it was the wrong exit.
What I'm trying to say, using unfamiliar driving analogies, is that my job requires a lot of waiting for colleagues, customers and partners, bursts of activity (testing, writing) and even more pressure from the superiors. This often leads to wondering "what am I missing now?" while waiting for a file to download or a firmware to be prepared, or a colleague to finally forward the materials to we can finally move on with this project or...
In lieu of waiting, I should initiate more, try to anticipate and prepare for future things. On Sunday, however, after I came back from the City, I signed in for a month trial of Netflix. This will be an interesting test of willpower.
Maybe "House of Cards" can give you some pointers!
ReplyDelete