Today was kind of a wacky day. It was the first full day after the launch of the project I've been working for a long time. I've called it the Project of Death but thankfully I'm still alive. The last couple of weeks have been really busy culminating in two all-nighters this week. I don't say that as a show of my toughness instead I just wanted to explain my seemingly silence here on the blog.
Well, my manager asked me what I wanted to work on next. I still have a few loose ends to tie up in the current project but thankfully that will be finished soon and I'll be free to move on. I got a list of projects, picked out a couple and basically sat down in either another developer's office or the architect's and quizzed them about the project. It's not that I have a narrow of view of things I want to do, instead I want to work on something which will have the greatest impact on our users and myself. I think this is what Lasse is talking about when he asks Who's your pimp?.
The pimp has to be you. Generally you aren't going to be asked what you want to work on next. Instead, circumstances will warrant that you need to work on X because it will generate revenue as opposed to working on Y which would allow you to dig into new technologies. So when given the chance to get on a project, find one which helps you for your future and hopefully also helps the company.
Posted by Josh at February 24, 2006 11:06 PM