It has been a while since I posted anything here. I guess I have been caught up in life. My new (not so new anymore) job is keeping me really busy. Working about 60 hours a week and getting paid for every minute. If I had my choice, I wouldn't work more than 40 hours, but there is so much work to do that it requires that much overtime.
I don't love my job. I don't like working for a large corporation, where everyone is judged by output and metrics. Pride and really good quality work has no place in this corporate structure. That means pride in one's work also has no place. The corporate mentality to move forward is only to maintain the status quo. Nothing innovative or out of the box. Just a slow steady plod towards the finish line. I am an inventive sort of person, and I feel boxed in here. I am capable of so much more.
But, I will put in my time. A year, maybe two, and then I am out of here. With my resume boasting a global firm, and my work being classified, I can go to many different types of firms. Maybe I won't make the same money, but I will be in a position to direct how things are done.
I don't see how these people make any money. Government waste is carried over to the contractors. If the project is a flop, it doesn't matter. Why, because they get another contract to fix it!
Absurd to say the least. I may as well be in the military.
I still like what I do for a living, even though I don't like doing it here. I just have to make my own little niche and find a bit of happiness there.
One thing I have learned, is that nothing is all good or all bad. It really is up to me to find the good and therefore my own happiness in this job. Like with everything else in life, if I can adjust to the new surroundings and new style, I can succeed.