Posted by TexasChic on March 6, 2007, at 21:46:44
A kind of cool thing happened at work today. I was talking to the man who preps the photos for me and he asks me if I wanted to meet his team. So I say "sure!" I walk in there the he's all like, "This is the infamous [my name]". This was just because they knew me by name from doing work for me, but still, embarrassing much???!!!.
But they were cool so I started talking to them and they showed me some of what they do (which was really cool btw!) and I suddenly realized I was ecstatic to be talking to people who not only knew what I was talking about, but knew way more than me! I feel like at work no one quite understands the difficulty I've had because I'm used to working on a much higher quality product. I know that sounds stuck up but what I mean si I've had to learn how to dial things down because too much work is a waste of time when you won't be able to tell anyway!
So it was just really cool to talk to these 'tech' people who could commiserate (and giggle a little) with me about some of the things I've dealt with. Don't get me wrong, I wasn't bashing anyone or anything. It was just a few people laughing at how misunderstood our profession can be.
So anyway after that the guy walks me back and says something like "I'm always looking for good people" and I'm like (to myself), "I believe he's trying to recruit me!" Its not something I would jump into because its freelance and I've always had an aversion to that. That’s just not secure enough for me and my anxiety. But it was flattering! And being able to talk with people who could commiserate with some of my situations has made me feel like maybe I can be a little more tolerant now. I need to be less offended and more patient when my boss makes some completely unreasonable comment because she doesn't understand certain aspects of my job.
-T
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