Sounds to me your boss was trying to be more human than previously by apologizing afterwards. At least he is trying to be more considerate.
I guess there is a lot of prestige and money going in that project, so no wonder he was tense about it. That was the Squibbs-Myers thing you mentioned in the chat, right ? I guess, when the job and the projects take up such a large part of your life and you are so dedicated to the job as profs are, it's really difficult to avoid getting tense about the seriousness of it all.
Sometimes it really feels like you have to be obsessive about your job to be successful in it. I don't really see it as an ideal situation that people become that one track minded, it must affect the quality of life in a negative way. Hang in there, though. I think you've got plenty of the enthusiasm and knowledge it takes to finish up and then some. It's just the one track minders who lose out on important other aspects of life.
Will we see you on Friday's chat ?
I'm tempted to want to use the DALnet server again as esper.net has been somewhat unstable this week. I don't know how it behaved on Wednesday, though.
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Bosses and work
Date: 2001-02-01 06:02 am (UTC)Sounds to me your boss was trying to be more human than previously by apologizing afterwards. At least he is trying to be more considerate.
I guess there is a lot of prestige and money going in that project, so no wonder he was tense about it. That was the Squibbs-Myers thing you mentioned in the chat, right ? I guess, when the job and the projects take up such a large part of your life and you are so dedicated to the job as profs are, it's really difficult to avoid getting tense about the seriousness of it all.
Sometimes it really feels like you have to be obsessive about your job to be successful in it. I don't really see it as an ideal situation that people become that one track minded, it must affect the quality of life in a negative way. Hang in there, though. I think you've got plenty of the enthusiasm and knowledge it takes to finish up and then some. It's just the one track minders who lose out on important other aspects of life.
Will we see you on Friday's chat ?
I'm tempted to want to use the DALnet server again as esper.net has been somewhat unstable this week. I don't know how it behaved on Wednesday, though.