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So, apart from being ill, what's been happening in the last week?
Well, I was sent on a three-day Project Management course, culminating in an exam for a formal PM qualification, the name of which escapes me right now (yeah, I'm that interested...). A nice, relaxing course compared with some I've been on but also pretty much a waste of time. I could see it being useful to people who were fairly new to working in I.T. but if you are not then there was really nothing new. Still, it got me out of the office for a few days.
On better news, I finally had the confirmation letter that my interim pay review had gone through. I can't remember if I mentioned this here before, but my boss noticed that I was at the bottom of my pay scale and was over-performing for my grade so she put in for an interim review. This means that instead of being bottom of my pay scale, I'm now about a third up - not a spectacular improvement, but better than a slap in the face with a wet haddock...
They are also possibly moving some people between the analysis (helping the customer decide what they want) team and the design (process design, screen flows, reporting, interfaces, you know, the actual work - guess which one I'm in?!) team. I found out through the grapevine that I was one of the names suggested to move to the analysis team and my boss vetoed it - said that I was too good at the design and wanted to keep me! I've never been fought over before...
Had a really good rehearsal on Thursday. We finished setting Slap that Bass, which if there is any justice, should be the showstopper.
Finally, I decided that my short story was complete and as revised as it was ever going to be and will now be submitted for publication (I won't say anything about were I'm sending it for the moment). In all honesty, I don't think it will get published, but I'll send it around a few places (only one at a time, obviously!) and see how we go. It's good to finally get something finished. And any day now I'll be starting the next one...
Well, I was sent on a three-day Project Management course, culminating in an exam for a formal PM qualification, the name of which escapes me right now (yeah, I'm that interested...). A nice, relaxing course compared with some I've been on but also pretty much a waste of time. I could see it being useful to people who were fairly new to working in I.T. but if you are not then there was really nothing new. Still, it got me out of the office for a few days.
On better news, I finally had the confirmation letter that my interim pay review had gone through. I can't remember if I mentioned this here before, but my boss noticed that I was at the bottom of my pay scale and was over-performing for my grade so she put in for an interim review. This means that instead of being bottom of my pay scale, I'm now about a third up - not a spectacular improvement, but better than a slap in the face with a wet haddock...
They are also possibly moving some people between the analysis (helping the customer decide what they want) team and the design (process design, screen flows, reporting, interfaces, you know, the actual work - guess which one I'm in?!) team. I found out through the grapevine that I was one of the names suggested to move to the analysis team and my boss vetoed it - said that I was too good at the design and wanted to keep me! I've never been fought over before...
Had a really good rehearsal on Thursday. We finished setting Slap that Bass, which if there is any justice, should be the showstopper.
Finally, I decided that my short story was complete and as revised as it was ever going to be and will now be submitted for publication (I won't say anything about were I'm sending it for the moment). In all honesty, I don't think it will get published, but I'll send it around a few places (only one at a time, obviously!) and see how we go. It's good to finally get something finished. And any day now I'll be starting the next one...
