I am desperately trying to wrap up this consulting project. I want to start my new job as soon as possible (and my new employer would like me to as well), but these folks just won’t play ball. I don’t ever want for a big company, no matter how much they will pay me. It can’t be worth it. Why? Well….

First, there are three (3) groups that my tech contact has to coordinate with just to get my code on their system. Not deployed, not tested, just put on their disks. Then there’s the group that oversees all web application projects. They’ve now begun the process of picking over the project, let us know what’s wrong. Now, before you think I’m getting defensive about my code, let me explain. I’m only implementing here, not really designing. I’m migrating a Perl application to Java. It’s the original application process they don’t like, and they’re only speaking up now (about a week before the client would like it go into production).

When I started this project, there was talk that the group I was working for would have to present their application to this web group, but that was nixed once the web group found out they already had a website (btw–these people all work for the same company). Right now, I wish we would have gone in front of this group in the beginning, because we wouldn’t be hashing out now. Fortunately, my client things I’ve been doing good work up to this point, so I can at least rest a little easier knowing I’m not the one screwing things up. Bleh…

The real bummer is that I’ll probably be spending a lot time over the next week in the concrete block that is their office space, trapped in a windowless cube farm.

At least I can look forward to my next job, working out a well-lit room in someone’s house….

Posted on 9 April 2003