[thechat] Sigh - work sucks - rant

[isaac]

is this a certain shopping site that most guys would kill to work on? ;)

wish i could offer some suggestions.

maybe make a decision to either keep fighting and know that you're doing the
right thing, or give in and go with the flow (and promise to ignore the
effects of that). maybe get some informal signatures from people:

"we verify that chris' suggestions were x,x,x. we talked him out of it and
we assume full responsibility."




> This may be OT, but I figured, its OT for thelist, so this must
> be on topic
> for this place.  I just posted a generic related post to thelist,
> but let me
> adjust the vent...
>
> (well suited for a weblog- any good CF 'blog code out there?
> Maybe I should
> write some...)
>
> I'm burning out at work. I never thought web stuff would get to
> be a grind -
> after all, I honestly think we are changing the world. I know - I
> have seen
> the world change because of the work I do.  But I'm getting bogged down at
> work like a dinosaur in the tar pits. I've lost momentum, grown lethargic.
> Three years ago, I fought clean, crisp, fresh battles.  People
> want to *use*
> the site, not *view* the site - Just because you CAN doesn't mean you
> SHOULD - Make thing work everywhere - degrade as much as you can.
>  I've been
> working with same people for three years, from bringing the site
> online 'til
> now - we average 5 million page views a day, peaking at 12 million, and it
> grows every day.  The same internal people month after month, year after
> year have the same fights every project.  Their thoughts are:  "sales keep
> growing - you must be wrong".  I think - "we could double our
> growth if you
> would listen to anybody who knows what they are talking about".
> In the end,
> compromise.  It isn't what I want or what is right, but it isn't as bad as
> we first thought it would be. This, to me, is a victory.  Imagine the one
> person at Microsoft arguing against Smart Tags.
>
> But I'm tired.  Spiritually exhausted.  I'm tired of fighting the same
> battles, day after day, project after project.  I've lost so much already.
> But if I stop fighting, I know things will get unspeakably worse. And if
> things go bad, nobody internally will know.  They will blame the drop in
> sales on the economy, and eventually, the sales will flatten for the
> browser/resolution/usability they design for.  Nobody will know what they
> could have had.  A year later, they'll go Microsoft .NET, because it's
> easier and a consultant said that would be best.
>
> Sigh.  I was there at the creation, but I grow weary and everyday, I grow
> wearier.  But I continue.  Tomorrow is Monday, I have another
> meeting, and I
> will still fight.
>
> But tonight, I'll work on some better code for FuseNews.  Just in
> case.  And
> drink some beer.  And sigh.
>
>
> Chris Evans
> chris at fuseware.com
> http://www.fuseware.com
>
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