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[tithonium]

Just had a chat with a friend of mine, talked about the general leaving-the-group thing and my mtg with michael. He's so very /reasonable/, it's hard to stick to my guns when I'm meeting with him. I want to cave in. This is not, apparently, unusual, nor particularly genuine. So, my resolve is stiffened. I shall not believe his pretty words, I shall tell him what sucks and why I must go and what it would take to change my mind.

I just gotta figure out what those things are. Especially the last one. What /is/ it worth to me to stay in this group? I /love/ the people I work with, I like a lot of the features, I like being depended upon and looked up to; but I don't want to have anything to do with some of the other features, I don't honestly believe that they'll grant me the freedom to pick and choose what I work on, I don't believe the problems I have with management will go away. What can they do - what would they be /willing/ to do - to make it worth staying? More money? A private office? A limo complete with driver, bar, and hooker?



It'd have to be a damned-well-stocked bar...

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[bostonsteamer.livejournal.com]

Two points, HTH:

1. every group has its hangups, politics, and hated features, and no manager will always let you pick and choose what you want to work on.

2. if you don't like the group you're working with, will things really be different if you're driving to work in a new car, or with a bit of extra cash in your pocket each week?

[tithonium.livejournal.com]

1) True enough. And yeah, I know they won't. But one of my arguments was being burned out on registries, and the response was "That's easy to fix. Here's a list of things you can work on, pick one". My point and yours is that that's not how things will be in the real world.

2) Exactly my point. I'm sure there's SOME point at which the money would be enough to balance it out [ 'cause, hey, a $5M paycheck goes into savings and I retire the next month. ;;) ], but I doubt any value they could suggest would do so. So, what, if anything /could/ they provide that would make it all better? I really doubt there's anything at all. Hookers only last so long, you know. *sigh*