Charging the battlements in suit and tie
November 13, 2006I’ve been invited to a three-quarter-day presentation on Lotus Notes. The cynical incentive is that a free lunch will be provided (as usual). My blase’ attitude towards these types of presentations is one of the reasons why I’m convinced that being a manager is not the career track for me. Presentations like these, where men and women in suit and tie drone on in the latest corporate-speak, and IT Managers become incredibly excited by the sexy corporate-talk, bore me to tears.
I derive my greatest enjoyment from actually working on design, development and testing IT projects. The management aspect only interests me insofar as how it impacts on an IT Projects delivery times. As a result of that attitude, I find these types of Corporate Presentations a complete and total waste of time.
I keep on repeating to myself - “It’s only half-a-day, from 9:30am til 1pm. Think of it as a working holiday.”. The truth is, I love my work a lot, and I’d much rather be at work grappling with an interesting challenging problem than attending a corporate shindig at which Corporate presenters try to bedazzle IT Managers with the latest sexy Corporate speak.
I’m not looking forward to Tuesday. Oh please, let this mundanity and blandness be quick…
