A DELAYED DOSE OF JACK UP MUSIC FOR YOU ALL
Check it out…I wanted to get this posted yesterday, and have something else completely cool for you all today, but the events of the past three days have kind of kicked my ass. More on that in a bit, because I REALLY need to vent. So, if you’re not interested in some severe ranting on my part over my job, I would read this paragraph and skip to the tunes. Like I said, I originally had this lined up for yesterday, but music never dies, and it never gets old, so one day won’t really matter, I don’t think. I have some more tunes based on the Jack FM format…I am seriously loving the freshness of it. At least for now, it’s keeping me sane for 20 minutes in the morning, and 20 at night.
Now on to my rant. Work of getting kind of completely out of hand, and today I’m pretty much going to put a stop to that today. It’s become apparent that the project managers in my company are content to allow me to take over the effective management of all areas of their projects, including resource management, ordering, priority setting, etc. I am an architect. My role is to provide a sound technical solution, and a map for them to integrate complex applications across the board. Instead, I have been doing so much project manager crap that I’m behind. Way behind. And I just had a come to Jesus meeting where I laid it all out, and told my lead PM that either he gets a team here tomorrow, or I go home.
So, hold on…I have to be in Boulder for yet a third week in a row, and the second weekend. No, my wife is not happy, and no, I am seriously not happy.
- Pat Benatar – Heartbreaker
- The Killers – Somebody Told Me
- Joe Walsh – A Life Of Illusion
- INXS – Suicide Blonde
- The Cure – Pictures Of You
- Peter Gabriel – Solsbury Hill
- REM – E-Bow The Letter
- Loverboy – Turn Me Loose
- Steve Miller Band – Take The Money and Run
- The Cranberries – Ridiculous Thoughts
October 2nd, 2008 at 1:10 pm
Oh man, I have every one of Pat Benatar’s albums. And did I want a pair of Loverboy leather pants! HA! And I love INXS and the Cure too. Steve Miller Band, excellent. This is one great list of songs. Good variety and great songs. Sorry to hear about the job though.
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October 2nd, 2008 at 11:00 pm
I sympathize. I’m often asked to go way beyond my job description. That’s the price of being good, I’m told, so I guess there’s some consolation in that.
Good on you for taking it back to them. Why take crap you don’t have to? Great list too.
October 4th, 2008 at 6:54 am
Project managers are complete idiots in my experience. Try not to let ‘em get you down: life’s too short!
It’s a good habit to get into to tell them that everything they want you to do will take 3 times the amount of days it will and that you’ll need to secure more resources to hit the deadline. As soon as additional cost’s involved, or the precious Schedule (ooo, The Schedule! Obey The Schedule!) threatens to go out the window, they’ll take notice and/or back down.
I’m doing project work at the mo – it doesn’t matter what our technology department are asked to do, it’ll take 15+ days (and they deliver in a fraction of the time). They get away with it as no-one understands what they do. PMs I know tend never understand what anyone does – that can be quite a powerful thing!
Anyway, don’t let the idiots win.
Great blog, btw!
October 4th, 2008 at 10:11 pm
Could you please re-up the songs from the Sept 27 post labelled ” Chillin on an 80’s New Wave Saturday” ? All the song links are dead.
Thanks very much.
October 4th, 2008 at 11:03 pm
@soupcon:
Are they really? That’s odd. Let me take a look, see what happened. I’ve been monster busy the past 2 weeks, so most likely, I made a mistake.
October 4th, 2008 at 11:07 pm
@soupcon:
Ok, I fixed it. It was a dumb mistake on my part. Enjoy!
October 5th, 2008 at 9:10 pm
Thanks.It’s much appreciated.
October 14th, 2008 at 3:08 am
Hey, sorry to hear about your work! Love the site and very good choices of music. You should check out Muzicons for your music widget, though. Good luck with work!
October 28th, 2008 at 1:39 pm
Infonistacrat, you got a great taste man. I have been following your chosen lists for quite some time, and I have found some great recommendation. Thanks for the Joe Walsh track here.
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