I am having a pretty interesting and, oh man, a totally different day today. Yesterday, I wanted to quit, today, I want to work more and more. Hmmm… things change fast!
I am going to make things work differently here in Connex. Either we are going to make it work the way we like it, or we don’t do it at all. That’s the bottom line!
What do I mean? One of the requests I got from our last meeting, is that guys would like to work on different projects. Guys would like to have an opportunity to work on “green” projects. We don’t have that now. All we’re working on now is basically infrastructure problems. There’s no way I’m going to keep the developers happy this way. I have to have something more interesting for everyone. And it has to be something they’re interested in! We all can benefit. How? First, the developer will be happier if he’s working on something he likes. He can teach us or improve the environment with the result of the project. That’s how we can improve and that’s how we can make things better.
These projects don’t have to be big. In fact they should be fairly small. They should be finishable in a few days of work. Or some weekend work… if desired.
Another thing happened today. This is definitely more exiting… I am getting a raise that I want! During my performance review I got a bump from 98 to 102 with a 12 bonus. This would be very good if I had stayed a developer. But where’s the premium for becoming a manager? Where’s the encouragement? I told that to Tim. I told him that I was looking for something around 110. Guess what? He said today that he fought for it and that’s what he got! That’s excellent! I am going home happy!