As I work in my most productive environment (home office, multiple computers, five screens, ocean sounds) I wonder what sort of efficiency mess I have gotten myself into.
Part of me pushes for the impossible… and beyond. That part of me subconsciously figures I can do what it would take about 3.5 other people to do in any given space of work time. And it’s usually very, very wrong. But it does push me to considerable lengths while increasing my efficiency and productivity. The other part of me, that has to actually DO the work, spends about 90% of the time underwater… gasping for breath in-between new Niagra-like waterfalls of work being loaded on.
So I get a larger monitor. And add a second one. To both computers. And another one for a test computer, also used for system configurations, server builds, and so on. And then a whiteboard. And a small one. Then I work on all the more intricate efficiencies that I add to my methodologies in remote support for business networks.
Now I can’t leave this place. And when I have to, it’s insane to see how much work piles up. I’ve built an efficient environment and set of methodologies with which to work most productively, but doesn’t leave any room for added work or anything to disrupt that environment.
Now to find ways to climb out of the hole… to retain efficiency but somehow reduce workload to leave gaps for the inevitable requests… “can you ‘just’ check on this for me”… (how I hate that word, “just”… seems that most people think that most requests really don’t take much forethought, planning, and sensitivity to best practices and overall design).
That’s my rant for the day. Back underwater now.
4 comments:
The gooder you get the more they ask....all without them realizing just how good you are.
The gooder you get the more they ask....all without them realizing just how good you are.
Dewd, you're doing the work of 3.5 people at any given time? Yikes. I assume you are getting paid accordingly: you are charging all your billable hours by 3.5? It's like you have made more than 2 clones of yourself to do the work. Really bites that you can't feel you can get away from it all even one or two days...you totally need a holiday eh?
Dave... well, not DOING the work of 3.5 people at any given time; there's just part of me that thinks that I can, so I try.
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