Roles and Responsibilities

So my role/position at work has changed significantly in the last week. For the last 8 months I have been functioning as a Business Developer for a small business in Oklahoma City. My primary responsibility was to find and win work for our government division. I've had a few successes and more than a few disappointments, but that's the name of the game when it comes to government work. Anyway, last week my boss hired a new employee to help me out. This guy has WAY more experience than I do and is doing a fantastic job so far. He has pretty much taken over the BD stuff, and that has allowed me to shift my role to that of Program Manager. So now, instead of going out to lunch with all kinds of high powered business folks, I sit in my office and create spreadsheets and reports, communicate with our employees and their respective government supervisors at various sites, and otherwise manage the day to day operations of our contract business. I do still have some responsibilitiews with regard to proposal writing, opportunity identification, and capture, but mostly it's just the new supervisory role that I have to deal with.

At first, I was a bit peeved that this guy came in and took over my spot, but now that I am in the PM role, I find that I am actually enjoying it. For one thing, there is a lot less pressure on me to "make the sale". I still get to do my lunches, etc with people in authority, but now they are customers not targets. It really makes the interaction much more pleasant. I also enjoy interacting with our employees in the field and getting their perspective on how things are going. They really give me insight into our work in a way no one else can. All of this information will eventually be used as part of our "lock strategy" to re-win our curent work when it eventually goes up for re-compete. Overall, the new role and responsibility is treating me pretty well. I guess sometimes a little change is a good thing.

Have a great weekend!

Steed

A Drought on the Way

Things are starting to get nuts for me and I'm afraid that my gaming time is going to enter a drought period very soon.

The wife and I close on our new home on the 23rd of May, and  I will most likely spend the week of Memorial Day doing renovations; remove the popcorn ceilings, paint, and put down hardwood throughout most of the house. (I'll post before and after pics at some point.) I highly doubt I'll be playing any Xbox from that time until we move in, somewhere around the 7-9th of June.  Between now and then, I'm wrapped up in "moving mode". Packing up a house is a pain in the butt.

After the move is all taken care of, it's time for me to take care of my National Guard summer camp obligation. I'll be headed to San Antonio for two weeks in July. That may actually turn out to be a break for me as we will be staying in a hotel (hopefully near the Riverwalk). My intent is to bring my trusty Xbox with me and jack the hotel internet if possible. Anyone know if it's possible to run a 360 online through hotel internet? I know that some hotels have crazy firewalls that could be an obstacle. If that works, I'll be online A LOT during that time, since I will have unlimited access to the TV/internet and no wife around to assign me other things to take up my time. Here's hoping.

Finally, this is also the Summer of Weddings. So far, the wife and I have been to one and we have at least one per month that we either have to participate in or attend between now and October!! People need to start going to the Justice of the Peace and start leaving us alone!!

Like I said, the drought is coming. For those of you that I play with on a fairly regular basis, please forgive me if I pop in and out of games/parties from time to time. I'm trying to get my fix, but as we all know, things pop up that must be dealt with. See you online!! (I hope...)

Steed

Cool! All this and a Blog too?

Wow! This is great! A great group of older gamers and a blog!! This is awesome. I wish I had something interesting to blog about. Aha, that's it...I'll blog about my blog!!

So I am totally ignorant about Blogging. I know the concept, I've read a few, but I just can't seem to figure out anything good to blog about on a regular basis. If anyone has any suggestions, I'm listening, so help me out!!