CELAWLOR's CalorieKing blog
Wednesday, Nov 5 2008
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Food yesterday was okay. I worked until 11:00 last night and I am getting ready to go train, train, train this morning. The client wanted to know why the project manager would be onsite with me. I told them that I think it was because he needs training. 
Oh well. I don't care.
My boss and I were fighting via text message up until I went to bed. I had a really hard time getting to sleep after that so I am in a fantastic mood today--not.
Okay...I need to get get primmed and polished and get on the road.
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My project manager was really annoying for the first hour this morning. I started contradicting and over-talking him (which is something I NEVER EVER EVER do) just to get him to shut it and keep to himself. He seemed to get the hint. Thankfully!!! I walked into a room packed with chairs and laptops. No one ever told me how many people would be in training. I was expecting ten, or fewer, rotating bodies. Nope. 25 people!!!
The largest group of people I have ever trained at one time before today was 7 (aside from the college classes I taught--but that is a class, not training).
All I gotta say about that is it is a very good thing that I completely over-prepared and over-planned and over-scheduled this training. I finished EXACTLY on schedule and everybody was all smiles when they left.
The interim CFO fell asleep briefly, but I expect that from CFO-types. They are delegators, not do-ers. 
We are scheduled to meet Friday for a follow-up session and the client's project manager approached me during one of the breaks and asked me if I could discuss some additional applications with them, and do some demos for the CIO. SWEET!!! At one point, my boss was worried about this client suing us because of some internal drama and turnover. I told him he was crazy. Now they want to purchase a LOT of additional software and continue with the integration we were working on. Neener-neener. I was right!
This is my baby...always has been, always will be. Get outa my way and let me do my job, Mr. Bossman. He's gonna be blown away when I turn in a quote request for all of that software. Of course, he won't say anything positive to me about it. But, I don't need it. My 10% annual raises and happy clients are good enough praise for me.
Oh well. I don't care.My boss and I were fighting via text message up until I went to bed. I had a really hard time getting to sleep after that so I am in a fantastic mood today--not.
Okay...I need to get get primmed and polished and get on the road.
~
My project manager was really annoying for the first hour this morning. I started contradicting and over-talking him (which is something I NEVER EVER EVER do) just to get him to shut it and keep to himself. He seemed to get the hint. Thankfully!!! I walked into a room packed with chairs and laptops. No one ever told me how many people would be in training. I was expecting ten, or fewer, rotating bodies. Nope. 25 people!!!
The largest group of people I have ever trained at one time before today was 7 (aside from the college classes I taught--but that is a class, not training). All I gotta say about that is it is a very good thing that I completely over-prepared and over-planned and over-scheduled this training. I finished EXACTLY on schedule and everybody was all smiles when they left.
The interim CFO fell asleep briefly, but I expect that from CFO-types. They are delegators, not do-ers. We are scheduled to meet Friday for a follow-up session and the client's project manager approached me during one of the breaks and asked me if I could discuss some additional applications with them, and do some demos for the CIO. SWEET!!! At one point, my boss was worried about this client suing us because of some internal drama and turnover. I told him he was crazy. Now they want to purchase a LOT of additional software and continue with the integration we were working on. Neener-neener. I was right!
This is my baby...always has been, always will be. Get outa my way and let me do my job, Mr. Bossman. He's gonna be blown away when I turn in a quote request for all of that software. Of course, he won't say anything positive to me about it. But, I don't need it. My 10% annual raises and happy clients are good enough praise for me.
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a decade ago
Good luck and that is a common excuse when you add another staff member in business. The client is probably worried about billable time. go get em....
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