So, this whole week has been a bit strange. Things have been different than usual at the gym-- but in a good way. Had coffee with an old friend and it seems like we both aged five years in the last month-- but in a good way. Yoga felt a bit too easy, but since I'm in a beginner class I'd say that's a good thing as well.
Work takes the cake though. The company I work for is developing a new kind of silver coating for wound dressings (among other things), and we've finally received our pilot scale machine to automate the process. Except that it didn't fit through any of the 5 doors that it had to pass through to get to the lab.
So it's a pain, sure, but not my problem. It was actually a bit gratifying to see the CEO and VP Marketing curse at this thing. So the machine spent the night on the loading dock, right where the movers that delivered it abandoned it. This morning they managed to get it close to the lab, and actually deigned to ask me for help. Some effort (and a bit of cursing) later, and it's sitting in the proper lab, and everyone is feeling celebratory.
This is when my boss, the director of research and development and one of the co-founders of the company arrives. He usually gets in a bit later in the day, seeing as how he does most of his work at home. So he pops in, grabs a few files from his office, and comes over and shakes my hand, saying goodbye. Me being a bit dense thinks that he's just heading out for the day, so I stammer something odd to that extent, to which he replies: "no, goodbye. You won't be seeing me here again. I'm done. Goodbye, and good luck."
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I'm still not too sure what to make of it. This company was his baby for the last 8 years, and we're basically just a small step away from commercializing his pet project. I'll find out more tomorrow I'm sure, but on the plus side this now opens up a huge pile of opportunity for me. While I don't want to be someone who intrigues for power at the office, I have essentially been working for the last year as the assistant to this man's daughter, who has the EXACT same qualifications as I do. We were even in the same graduating class. I'll just have to tactfully remind the right people of this fact, that I am capable of doing anything that she can, and that she is horribly overworked right now.
So we shall see what comes of this. The restaurant/chain idea is still simmering, but if I can make this chemistry job actually decent then I might be able to stick around long enough to save a bit of start-up capital.
Now if I only had any motivation to do my programming side-project
Work takes the cake though. The company I work for is developing a new kind of silver coating for wound dressings (among other things), and we've finally received our pilot scale machine to automate the process. Except that it didn't fit through any of the 5 doors that it had to pass through to get to the lab.
So it's a pain, sure, but not my problem. It was actually a bit gratifying to see the CEO and VP Marketing curse at this thing. So the machine spent the night on the loading dock, right where the movers that delivered it abandoned it. This morning they managed to get it close to the lab, and actually deigned to ask me for help. Some effort (and a bit of cursing) later, and it's sitting in the proper lab, and everyone is feeling celebratory.
This is when my boss, the director of research and development and one of the co-founders of the company arrives. He usually gets in a bit later in the day, seeing as how he does most of his work at home. So he pops in, grabs a few files from his office, and comes over and shakes my hand, saying goodbye. Me being a bit dense thinks that he's just heading out for the day, so I stammer something odd to that extent, to which he replies: "no, goodbye. You won't be seeing me here again. I'm done. Goodbye, and good luck."
...
I'm still not too sure what to make of it. This company was his baby for the last 8 years, and we're basically just a small step away from commercializing his pet project. I'll find out more tomorrow I'm sure, but on the plus side this now opens up a huge pile of opportunity for me. While I don't want to be someone who intrigues for power at the office, I have essentially been working for the last year as the assistant to this man's daughter, who has the EXACT same qualifications as I do. We were even in the same graduating class. I'll just have to tactfully remind the right people of this fact, that I am capable of doing anything that she can, and that she is horribly overworked right now.
So we shall see what comes of this. The restaurant/chain idea is still simmering, but if I can make this chemistry job actually decent then I might be able to stick around long enough to save a bit of start-up capital.
Now if I only had any motivation to do my programming side-project