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Getting my hands dirty

July 1st, 2010 6:17 am —  20 views

I’m supposed to golf tonight. It’s been two weeks since I golfed. Last week I was on an airplane coming back from Hoboken, New Jersey. And I’m supposed to be on vacation today but there are two meetings that won’t be rescheduled.

My desk is still a littered mess. Not with articles and textbooks, but things that sort of need my attention…but not immediately.

A couple weeks ago I received my degree in the mail. Everything was spelled correctly with fancy paper and lettering. When I received it I was pleasantly surprised for some reason. Maybe because I wasn’t really waiting for it. Already it seems a long time ago.

My days are filled with meetings followed by bursts of engagement and interaction with multiple subjects, people, machines, and information. All working on the same things, but only some see the connections. I see some of these connections nobody else can see. It makes things more interesting. And more challenging.

This morning I have a meeting with about 15 people scattered around the globe, all remote via audio, at least 6 with video, sharing a desktop view on the presenter’s computer. I have three monitors so the middle panel is the shared view, the two outside monitors for docs, taking notes, chatting with coworkers, monitoring systems, etc. This lasts an hour. During this hour I’ll present on a research paper four of us collaborated on over the last couple weeks. But mostly the last two days. For me it was into last night.

It’s a lot like school. But it’s more work. And there’s never enough time.

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  1. Dawn on July 8th, 2010 10:21 pm

    And you thought all those group projects ended with school! LOL

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