"Don't worry, you are good on your side of the house." - praise given by a Project Manager to my co-worker
I have been working here for just over 3 weeks now. I can count the minutes on one hand for the amount of training I have had. I have written many emails and IM's to my 'trainer', with hardly any response. I was informed today of the process for completing my tasks. And yet, my side of the house is not in order.
This place sucks in so many ways. Besides not receiving training, I am not feeling welcome at all from my 'trainer' who just happens to be another QA tester. Whenever I go to ask questions, I am met with a person that is continuously annoyed.
I do not feel that I deserve any of the way that I am being treated here. I have discussed this with the QA Manager, and it seems like it is part of the normal here. She just keeps telling me to 'hang in there' and push for reform within our team.
Tuesday, October 7, 2014
Tuesday, September 16, 2014
New job
I started a new contracting position yesterday and am trying to work out my thoughts. This place is extremely large and very corporate feeling. The office is very quiet, which is nice in some ways, but also unsettling. The people are cordial, not extremely nice, but professional. The applications look large are formidable.
I just got back from a stand-up and it has left a really bad opinion of the group.
My last team had an excellent Scrum Master. He made sure that our meetings stayed on track and were held within the allotted time. For example, in our stand-ups all team members were: required to be to the meeting on time the time, (literally) stand up during the meeting, duration was 15 minutes, and all discussions were held for after the meeting Each person was asked to concisely describe what they did yesterday, what they are doing today, and if there was anything that was blocking them with their work.
I am a strong proponent for a separate person taking on the Scrum Master role. This team does not have the same idea, as a Senior Developer took the role of running this morning's stand-up. The meeting started late, 1/3 of the people showed up even later than the start of the meeting, there was no direction to the meeting by the 'Scrum Master', all the 'updates' were very confusing, and it seemed like the team is overall confused on the expectations and deliverables needed in the next few months. I have a grooming session later this afternoon with them, hopefully this will be better, but I'm not really holding my breath.....
I just got back from a stand-up and it has left a really bad opinion of the group.
My last team had an excellent Scrum Master. He made sure that our meetings stayed on track and were held within the allotted time. For example, in our stand-ups all team members were: required to be to the meeting on time the time, (literally) stand up during the meeting, duration was 15 minutes, and all discussions were held for after the meeting Each person was asked to concisely describe what they did yesterday, what they are doing today, and if there was anything that was blocking them with their work.
I am a strong proponent for a separate person taking on the Scrum Master role. This team does not have the same idea, as a Senior Developer took the role of running this morning's stand-up. The meeting started late, 1/3 of the people showed up even later than the start of the meeting, there was no direction to the meeting by the 'Scrum Master', all the 'updates' were very confusing, and it seemed like the team is overall confused on the expectations and deliverables needed in the next few months. I have a grooming session later this afternoon with them, hopefully this will be better, but I'm not really holding my breath.....
Tuesday, January 28, 2014
My head is going to a'splode!!!
Last week a friend of mine tragically lost her dog to a heart attack. I have been hugging my dogs a little tighter since.
I am having a hysterectomy on Feb 5th. I am extremely terrified of what the recovery will be. I am not too worried about the actual procedure, yet....I think that will come more the day before. I just want the recovery to be not as burdensome on Matt as my sinus surgery was.
I just got fingerprinted for a new job and am still waiting on an actual start date, which means that I can't tell here that I am done. I hope that this gets cleared up within the next couple of days.
Grandma S had a stroke and it affected 3 parts of her brain. Even with all of the previously mentioned items, I am focusing strongly on this as I am not there. I wish I could do something for her and my family. It seems all I can do is wait....
I am having a hysterectomy on Feb 5th. I am extremely terrified of what the recovery will be. I am not too worried about the actual procedure, yet....I think that will come more the day before. I just want the recovery to be not as burdensome on Matt as my sinus surgery was.
I just got fingerprinted for a new job and am still waiting on an actual start date, which means that I can't tell here that I am done. I hope that this gets cleared up within the next couple of days.
Grandma S had a stroke and it affected 3 parts of her brain. Even with all of the previously mentioned items, I am focusing strongly on this as I am not there. I wish I could do something for her and my family. It seems all I can do is wait....
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