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andrewducker) wrote2003-08-26 10:07 pm
andrewducker) wrote2003-08-26 10:07 pm
Great Place to Work
One of the reasons I decided to move to my current place of employ was that I wanted to work with people that were more like me. Not entirely like me, of course, because that would be both singularly horrible and unproductive, but certainly a little more like me. Going to work with other people who were computing graduates would at least guarantee the occasional geeky person and a certain minimum level of intelligence (being smart may not guarantee you a degree, but it's impossible to get one without a certain amount of smarts). It's therefore been delightful to encounter SF buffs, gamers and general geeky people amongst the populace. Certainly they're still in the minority, but I'm far more likely to get a geeky conversation here than anywhere I've worked apart from at FPS (where I introduced two members of staff and I could always chat tech-wise with Dave, the resident techy).
It's a delight to me that people frequently engage in the ridiculous, slightly flamboyant, inefficient chatter of those who are bored with ordinary conversation and have taken to spicing it up in odd ways to relieve the tedium of simply asking someone to pass the stapler. The occasional displays of wit provide welcome breaks from my current work converting specifications into Visio diagrams and remind me that of all the places I've worked this ranks in the top 2 (and hopefully the top 1, once I work my way into a better position).
It was particularly lovely when a conversation a few weeks ago about Edinburgh zoo led onto the subject of lions and was then followed by Greg and Stephen briefly dueting on "Hakuna Matata". Anywhere that happens (outside of Disneyland itself, of course) has to be a great place to work.
It's a delight to me that people frequently engage in the ridiculous, slightly flamboyant, inefficient chatter of those who are bored with ordinary conversation and have taken to spicing it up in odd ways to relieve the tedium of simply asking someone to pass the stapler. The occasional displays of wit provide welcome breaks from my current work converting specifications into Visio diagrams and remind me that of all the places I've worked this ranks in the top 2 (and hopefully the top 1, once I work my way into a better position).
It was particularly lovely when a conversation a few weeks ago about Edinburgh zoo led onto the subject of lions and was then followed by Greg and Stephen briefly dueting on "Hakuna Matata". Anywhere that happens (outside of Disneyland itself, of course) has to be a great place to work.
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It hasn't necessarily made any difference to how much I liked the job. I don't really socialise with work colleagues and haven't done since the first 2 jobs (and that only post work drinking/curry sessions). I could only really say that I made a couple of actual friends in the first job and none since.
Maybe it's because I'm a woman (and worse, one who doesn't generally get on with other women even when they are about).
We do talk about all sorts of crap here, but I do have to avoid sounding like I'm making pronouncements. I'm one of the louder ones with a wider range of interests.