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Same spiel, different year
This makes me laugh. In a sad, ironic way.
It also makes me glad that I split when I did, because as demoralized as I was then (along with many of my fellow IT compatriots), I think I’d be suicidal by now.
Levy says they’re “going through a huge transition at the moment.” But it’s been eight […]
Published by mothergoosemouse on January 26th, 2008 tagged Daring you to disagree, Professional butt-wiping AKA project management, The city that never sleeps | 3 Comments »
There’s much more to us than dipes and wipes
Lindsay at Suburban Turmoil wrote an excellent post yesterday about blogger outreach - and I use that term loosely - by marketing and PR firms. Likewise, Liz weighed in shortly after BlogHer on the same topic, along with several others.
As Kristen commented at It’s Not A Lecture, we talk to marketing and PR firms […]
Published by mothergoosemouse on October 16th, 2007 tagged Bloggy-linky-meme-y, Inside the Beltway, Professional butt-wiping AKA project management, The city that never sleeps, The wild blue yonder, Who me? | 22 Comments »
My kingdom for a patch cable
Excuse me while I get all geeky on you.
My first big project with my former employer in New York was an office build-out and relocation. The building was so far west that it was practically in New Jersey, and while the neighborhood may call itself Clinton now, if you have to detour around dozens of […]
Published by mothergoosemouse on March 8th, 2007 tagged Professional butt-wiping AKA project management, The city that never sleeps, Who me? | 12 Comments »
What should a project manager do first day on the job?
The title of this post was a recent Google search phrase that led someone in California to my blog.
What a project manager should do on the first day is pretty much what a project manager should do every day:
1. Read everything you can find - on the network, in hard copy reports, and especially any […]
Published by mothergoosemouse on February 22nd, 2007 tagged Professional butt-wiping AKA project management | 13 Comments »
Take this job and shove it*
Yes, you read that right. The woman who dirtied up Mary Tsao’s blog on Monday by commenting that when a SAHM says, “I chose to stay at home because I didn’t want someone else to raise my child,” it is just as offensive as if a WOHM were to say, “I chose to continue working because I didn’t want […]
Published by mothergoosemouse on June 21st, 2006 tagged Home on the range, Professional butt-wiping AKA project management, Who me? | 29 Comments »
Rose-colored glasses
A year ago, we were on the road, leaving New Jersey for Colorado.
Kyle had not been happy at work for a long time, and it takes a lot to make him unhappy. There was a regime change in progress, driven from the top, as managers were poached from another wirehouse and brought in to replace […]
Published by mothergoosemouse on May 3rd, 2006 tagged Professional butt-wiping AKA project management, The city that never sleeps, Who me? | 27 Comments »
I’m not really a drama queen…
…I just play one on TV.
I really wasn’t trying to be dramatic. Okay, maybe just a little bit. But it wouldn’t do to get caught BLOGGING my first day on the job, now would it?
Given the previous debacle, I didn’t want to say anything until it was really and truly official. And what could be […]
Published by mothergoosemouse on March 21st, 2006 tagged Home on the range, Professional butt-wiping AKA project management, Who me? | 20 Comments »
Breaking news
J: Tacy, guess what?
T: What?
J: I have a new job!
T: Really?
J: Yes, I will be doing the same work I did back in New York!
T: Except that now we live in a house in Colorado.
Such a minor detail, Miss Goosie.
(This post brought to you from my new place of employment. Details at 11.)
Published by mothergoosemouse on March 21st, 2006 tagged Home on the range, Kids say the darnedest things, Professional butt-wiping AKA project management, Who me? | 13 Comments »
Serenity now
Or serenity with the help of three martinis.
(Please. Do not refer me to AA. I will not get past the first step. And if you believe everything you read on this blog, then I won’t even bother making a joke about how fucking gullible you are.)
That job offer? Rescinded. Rather awkwardly.
So…here’s the scoop, for those […]
Published by mothergoosemouse on March 6th, 2006 tagged Home on the range, Professional butt-wiping AKA project management, Who me? | 21 Comments »
Whirlwind
Why is it that when you don’t actually NEED a job anymore, prospective employers start banging down the door?
Spending last week at home with Tacy served as a great opportunity for multiple phone interviews. By Friday, I had one formal offer and an in-person interview scheduled for Monday afternoon (yes, on my birthday).
The offer was […]