(groan) on the road again...

[jay]

I've only been home for four days... JL called and I'm now expected to be in DC a day earlier next week to run a side meeting with the contractor. Which means that I can't telecon in to a meeting I'd tried to beg off of attending next Tuesday in Austin, because I'd have to be en route to DC then. Which in turn means that I will probably have to fly to Austin Monday, to DC Tuesday, and finally home as scheduled Thursday afternoon.

I *so* did not want one of those multi-stop business trips this soon after returning from Atlanta... (groan). Even with the opportunity to visit at some point with my beloved geekchick in Washington...

Comments

[mikz.livejournal.com]

I envy you for being so wanted, though. I just had a crappy 'phone interview...

That said, I hope it isn't too draining for you.

[brian1789.livejournal.com]

If I felt I was actually accomplishing much, I'd concede a point. But these are mostly management or political presences -- I'm an agent for others, rather than doing anything useful myself.

Sorry about the interview... how does anyone really ascertain much from a phone interview? Seems to me like it wouldn't be much more than reading one's resume...

(hug) if you want it...

[mikz.livejournal.com]

Thanks. It sounds like you're faced with what I've been faced with many
times before, as have so many of us who want to make the world a better place:
inefficiency. We keep hearing about how inefficient government is, but it
never ceases to stagger me how inefficient corporations are, too.

I keep thinking, I'd be able to do so much more if only so-and-so would
stop doing such-and-such, or if thingo wasn't so overworked that she wasn't
able to do yadda yadda, or if I actually got to do the work, instead of having
to tell half a dozen people when and how I was going to do it. Or most
commonly, if only the dickhead at the top had the most remote interest in how
his business actually works and how it could make the best product, instead of
being too busy looking at how it could make a few more bucks. But I'm sure
so-and-so feels the same way, and in the end, we all get the job done. Or at
least, that's what I tell myself to get through the day.

I really admire the end product that NASA comes up with... well, at least
until it becomes totally militarised. I think if I had a job like that, even
on the days that I felt I could do so much better if only, I'd still
feel really good about what little I do manage to do. But I understand that
this is an outsider's perspective...