It's no excuse
...but just 'cause I been busy at the new place means the blog has been somewhat ignored. That, and the immediacy of Twitter has meant that by the end of the day I feel like I've blogged when I haven't really. Need to sort out the priorities.
Off to Sydney next week to start to catch up on the chaos that end of the network is (drop me an e-mail, friends in Sydney, and let's do lunch or dinner or something). Just *starting* to get some order in Brisbane, and then there is Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth to contend with even before we look at things they want to do, like look after a joint venture partner in NZ plus further acquisitions. To say that I'm busy and that we're short handed is an understatement. I've just put together my 3 month project plan (over and above BAU work) and submitted it to the Tech management team (my boss and peers) for discussion and approval before we submit it next week to the Executive and business for their approval and funding. The catch is (with just about every business case for each project listed) - if we don't do the work, the system will at some point break so catastrophically that I just don't even want to consider the implications.
We're getting there - just slowly.
The commute isn't too bad - I hate the slow traffic portions, and it costs a little more with fuel and time and tolls (if I go that way) - but it'd be nicer if it was the city or closer. It may be the city in couple of years I learnt week, but that's been in progress for a couple of years.
The short answer: This is a company that if they prove themselves to back me will be worth staying with, at least during the impending recession era of Australia's history. I really want this to work... but I've already nearly chucked it all in once because everything is just so broken (which, of course, I'm trying to fix as quickly and robustly as possible) that I'm just feeling a little flooded and overwhelmed that if I don't get the support I may need to reconsider my position. We'll see - not there yet, and there are promising signs with this group of projects I've proposed. Bottom line is my sanity needs them all to get up, or I'll go out of my mind trying to tape and tie it all together to keep it running.