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[gothwalk]

Meh. Not many entries this week at all. I feel grouchy, uncreative, and lacking in interesting thought. I'm boring myself with some of the stuff going through my head, and that's unusual. I looked this morning at the game material I'd written over the last week, and came this close to just deleting it, which I never ever do. I think it's effect of a lack of sleep over the weekend, combined with the erratic weather - an unpleasant mixture of reasonably high pressure, some sunshine, and a lot of showers and wind. Whatever it is, I don't like it, I want my old brain back.

Work is being just average, for here. No spare time, but no massive deadlines, either. I'm becoming more and more envious of people who don't spend 100% of their time in work actually working - as it is, working through some of lunchtimes and often some overtime, I'm probably working about 105% of a 40 hour week. This is as opposed to the 75% in IONA or Kerna - not that I was doing nothing for the other 25%, but I had time to read things like HTML and Perl mailing lists, look at web design magazines/webzines, and discuss work-related stuff with other people. Here, I'm subscribed to only two mailing lists (one general webdesign, one XSL) and I haven't had time to as much as look at them in over two weeks.

And this isn't really something I can take to the Guy I Report To - what do I say? "I'm working all the time I'm in work." I did mention the lack of list-reading time before, and it was suggested that I take an afternoon once a month or so to catch up. I don't know how to explain that you can't catch up on web development in 4 hours a month.

And there's the associated trouble that the 105% nature of work leaves me less able to do stuff outside work. I was out for dinner with olethros and inannajones last Wednesday or so, and having been in work until after 18:30, I spent the whole evening in Very Stupid Mode. And my game work is suffering.

Enh. This extended whinge brought to you by the letters O and W, and the number 9. Normal service will be resumed as soon as possible.

Comments

[wyvernfriend.livejournal.com]

If you're working 105% of the time you're overworked. You need an assistant of some shade, otherwise you will start to get sick regularly! Even if you were only working 95% of the time that leaves NO real wriggle room which means that crisises become a serious problem and almost unsolvable. You need an assist even if only part time. Explain that you work through lunches and that you have seen a dip in you productivity (has to have happened if you're overworked). Explain that you're missing out in current developments in web design and enhancements because you don't have a few minutes, that you need, per day to check them out. Explain it in economic terms - our competitors are outpacing us stuff - and they might listen.

[gothwalk.livejournal.com]

Another assistant is on the way; they just have to get through the interviews. Unfortunately, the number of absolute chancers we get applying for web jobs boggles and stuns me. I quote one applicant on the phone "The HTML stuff is a bit beyond me, but I can do everything else."

Soon, hopefully.

[wyvernfriend.livejournal.com]

The more I read about that kind of stuff the more I wonder why Dave doesn't just go for it! Also how come I never applied to posts I'm not qualified for. Deirdre goes away to plot the takeover of the world!!