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nockergeek) wrote2002-10-18 10:46 am
nockergeek) wrote2002-10-18 10:46 am
Aye, there's the rub.
"This job would be great if it weren't for the fuckin' customers."
-- Randal, Clerks
I love my job, I really do. I love programming and problem-solving. It's very mentally rewarding for me. I love getting things done for clients and creating solutions for them that fulfill their needs.
What I don't like is last minute jobs dumped in my lap that require revisions all the way to the deadline. I'm not talking about bugfixes, either. Hell, I haven't even gotten to the programming part of this project yet. I'm still monkeying around with their HTML. "No, this copy that we gave you, well, we've changed our minds. Let's jumble all of the paragraphs around! It's not like we have to do it. That's what you're there for, right? I mean, it's not like we could actually run the copy past our client first to get it approved before you waste your time doing layout changes for us, right?"
This isn't programming or problem-solving. This is monkey work.
-- Randal, Clerks
I love my job, I really do. I love programming and problem-solving. It's very mentally rewarding for me. I love getting things done for clients and creating solutions for them that fulfill their needs.
What I don't like is last minute jobs dumped in my lap that require revisions all the way to the deadline. I'm not talking about bugfixes, either. Hell, I haven't even gotten to the programming part of this project yet. I'm still monkeying around with their HTML. "No, this copy that we gave you, well, we've changed our minds. Let's jumble all of the paragraphs around! It's not like we have to do it. That's what you're there for, right? I mean, it's not like we could actually run the copy past our client first to get it approved before you waste your time doing layout changes for us, right?"
This isn't programming or problem-solving. This is monkey work.