work musings
Sep. 16th, 2004 07:21 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
pixiecrinkleSo, it's pretty much "officially" been determined that I'll be doing front-end development for the next project we're doing, in so far as I'll be building the html pages I've already done, and (here's the big thing) learning jsp to handle actual posting of data.
The good thing about this, is that I'm really the only person on our team with a practical understanding of what will be necessary to make the system play nice with non-IE browsers (I've just now, gotten them to admit this is an issue, when the app launched 3 years ago). I've even found some issues in the jsp files already, just from knowing that the extracted source doesn't work when I open it in dreamweaver. And, I'll get a new skill.
So now, I'm kind of stuck in this position where I'm wondering if I continue to work there until the end of the year or so, which would be the end of this project, and then take my newly updated resume with my newfound skill and go elsewhere, or if I still keep up my jobsearch fullspeed all the way through this. It's not like that's actually going anywhere right now, but my eyes are open.
Then again, I keep saying I want to get out of the techier side and get back into a more communications-oriented position, or something of a blend, like web content or tech writing.
I just can't deal with these ups and downs. Next week at this time, I'll likely be swamped with actual work, whereas I've been making up stuff to keep myself at least *looking* busy for a month or two now. I still plan to broach this at my review with my boss, but I'm not sure there's an easy answer to how that will be fixed. Especially since all signs point to them still hiring a section UI person to "help me out." Hmmph.
Plus, in a lot of ways, my head is already out the door from this place. I've been there 4 years now, and I'm not thrilled with the direction the organization as a whole is taking, in regards the treatment of their staff.
I'd like to be gone by Christmas ideally, either way I think. Hmmmph.
The good thing about this, is that I'm really the only person on our team with a practical understanding of what will be necessary to make the system play nice with non-IE browsers (I've just now, gotten them to admit this is an issue, when the app launched 3 years ago). I've even found some issues in the jsp files already, just from knowing that the extracted source doesn't work when I open it in dreamweaver. And, I'll get a new skill.
So now, I'm kind of stuck in this position where I'm wondering if I continue to work there until the end of the year or so, which would be the end of this project, and then take my newly updated resume with my newfound skill and go elsewhere, or if I still keep up my jobsearch fullspeed all the way through this. It's not like that's actually going anywhere right now, but my eyes are open.
Then again, I keep saying I want to get out of the techier side and get back into a more communications-oriented position, or something of a blend, like web content or tech writing.
I just can't deal with these ups and downs. Next week at this time, I'll likely be swamped with actual work, whereas I've been making up stuff to keep myself at least *looking* busy for a month or two now. I still plan to broach this at my review with my boss, but I'm not sure there's an easy answer to how that will be fixed. Especially since all signs point to them still hiring a section UI person to "help me out." Hmmph.
Plus, in a lot of ways, my head is already out the door from this place. I've been there 4 years now, and I'm not thrilled with the direction the organization as a whole is taking, in regards the treatment of their staff.
I'd like to be gone by Christmas ideally, either way I think. Hmmmph.
