hi guys!! today marks 10 months at my job! super exciting right?! yeah, kind of. so last time i mentioned how a bunch of my friends were leaving me... well yet another friend from my orientation class got a pretty good offer in another state and is moving away pretty soon. so that kind of sucks, no more lunch and walk around town friend... but i'm happy for him since it'll be a great opportunity. and it was going to happen eventually, considering how the retention at our office has been. as well as another orientation friend....who got let go for not showing up...... so our orientation group has now shrunk from 20 to 14. that's kind of sad. also, another friend from college recently quit. she barely made one year, but had enough of how her managers and projects have been. which, good for her considering the crap that she had to deal with, and she's already at a point where she's got her state residency and can affordably go back to school--which she wanted to do anyway.
my project has been slowly chugging along. i've been having 10 hour days for the past month, and then working more when i get home. client dedication or my need for a sense of accomplishment or completion? anyway, they've added a second wave to our project team, so we can get more stuff done, faster--in theory. lol! after wave two got acclimated, they integrated us and split into two teams with two sub-teams. i'm kind of nervous and excited about this, because we'll be more focused on our individual teams from here on out. butttttt confidence and experience are lacking, and i like having a sense of ownership and accomplishment whenever i'm doing something for someone...but if i don't know how to do something, it really sucks and i feel awful.
on the flip side, my project lead has recognized me as a "rising star" in our office for my work ethic in getting things done as well as how i've been recently helping out a lot with the new team members and helping them out on their tasks---which is pretty cool. so i'm like ¼ of my dev lead now, lol, alleviating the long line of teammates hanging around his desk! but it's also been a bit different for me, having to step up to the plate and be the leader of our sub-team. [my dev lead is the lead of the other team in our office]. i'm typically not the leader, but rising to the occasion is something that tends to happen to me, even when i don't intend it or subconsciously do it.
in other news, i was recently informed that i'm supposed to be taking the certification exam for my functional area before the end of may. i'll have to let you guys know how that goes, considering standardized tests are totally my forte! and i've only been working in this area for maybe 4 months now...and am by no means an expert. but i'll try it and hope for the best! anyway, i hope you all are doing well in whatever your endeavors are, and until next time! ~Lin-chan ^.~
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