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[plonq]

I get my final year-end review today, and I haven't really prepared anything for it.  What's to prepare?  I had two major projects evaporate because the people spearheading them got moved to new positions in the company and dropped the projects.  I have another on-again, off-again project that has been crawling along for almost two years.  It stalled last month, but it's only just picking up steam again.  It may actually get finished this year, but it has a lot of dependencies that have to fall into place for that to happen.  Can I include it in this year's review?  I guess I'll find out in a couple of hours.  I've been working on another big project, but it's been moving in fits and starts until it gets final approval and funding.  Will it get funding?  Can I include it on this year's review?

It's like having to write a retroactive resume every year in order to keep my job.  I suppose this would be a good time to log out of LJ for a bit and actually work on it.

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[ducktapeddonkey.livejournal.com]

I'm often guilty of writing about something rather than doing it. Or planning the hell out of something and appearing to make any "real" headway.

Then of course if it all works according to plan I go from "nothing" to finished and working in what seems like a very short time.

I find it a little odd that you have to write your own year end review. Although I guess in a big company the powers that be won't always know what everyone is working on. (Reminds me of a fur that told me about a job he had where he literally had no projects and did nothing but drive around and visit friends for something like a year)

I'm pretty sure our year end reviews will be coming up where I work soon as well. Ours are basically a little one on one with the owner that ends with finding how much our raise will be.

[plonq.livejournal.com]

The problem is that a lot of the work I've done has been initial legwork, number crunching and analysis to lay groundwork for some of these projects, but it's not the kind of work that has anything substantial to show for it unless the project actually makes it into production.

In short, I've spent much of the year mired in potential and spinning my wheels, but I've really not gone anywhere since the start of the year. Not the kind of stuff that they like to see on a year-end review. Fortunately I've handled close to 300 Ad Hoc requests during that time, so I'll just bury the projects under the volume of smaller tasks.

[furahi.livejournal.com]

Good luck, Plonq.