I'm getting excited for the end of the year, although I don't really know why. Maybe it’s knowing that we are closely approaching the 2 week holiday shutdown or that I will be half way complete with my MBA. (I can't wait to have 2 whole weeks to relax with no worries. I'm pretty sure we have a break in our classes then too!) I think I am just ready to start a new year in hopes that it is better than the last. Don't get me wrong, this year has been fantastic. Tyler and I got married, we purchased a wonderful dog, Byron, we found an amazing apartment in the city only a block from the lake, Tyler got a new job in the city making much more than he was with Disco and doing work he actually enjoys.......I could keep going on about the good things that happened this year, but why bore you.
As I sit here and really think about it, I realize that what I really hope the New Year brings is for people at work to finally recognize my skills and potential so I can start doing something I really enjoy. It seems like everyone here is very segregated in their jobs and don't think about the whole picture much. The Systems Engineers here only think about their specific job, they don't consider anything that could be labeled as some thing the Project or Program Manager should be concerned with when more often than not; it plays a large role on what our next actions are. I say things in meetings where people are like "I never thought about it like that" or "I never considered that as a factor.".... Maybe that is a sign that I should be doing their job since they have an inability to understand and think about the whole picture when making decisions. Don't get me wrong, I like what I am doing now (for the most part) and I am getting much more responsibility, but I would like to get back to where I was at Rockwell. I hate that with a larger company comes more red tape and larger hurdles to get to where I want to be. If only companies would look at work experience more than years working. I read that it takes a T5 or above to get into Engineering Project Management or Program Management (that’s at least 15 years of experience!) What’s to say that someone, like myself, with a lot of experience and abilities in that role, couldn’t fill those shoes better than someone who has been working for 15 years? I think I would really love my job if they would allow me to have an EPM role. Realistically I could get a new job in 8 months in the city doing something along the lines of an EPM role, but I don't want to do that. I really like the kind of things that we do here and I couldn't imagine working on a normal, everyday product. I would be so bored. I guess I just have to take what I get and see where it goes. Hopefully this time next year I can say that things have changed drastically and I love my job.
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