July 15, 2011

• waiting

  Our department is going through a big, fat re-org, and it has been agonizing, just waiting to see what will happen. Everyone will still have a job, it’s just unclear what groups we will be in or who our managers will be. I’ve been particularly antsy, because none of the new groups that we’re re-org-ing into really match the stuff I currently work on, and the group that my manager (whom I really like) will be going into is a group that I’m not terribly interested in, so chances are good that I’ll end up working on fewer products (which is frustrating, because I really like the diversity of my work now), and I’ll either have to work with a different manager (if I follow the products that interest me) or on a set of products that I’m not that I’m not that excited about (if I follow my manager).

  There is one glimmer of hope. I’ve thrown my hat in the ring to work 50% of the time on whatever group I end up in, and 50% of the time on “special projects,” which are mostly confidential, but include robot cars. That would pretty much be the perfect solution for me, because I could still work with my manager, dabble in a variety of products, learn a bunch of new stuff that pretty much rides the bleeding edge of legal issues, and I might get to try out a robot car as part of my job.

  So now the waiting begins (or rather, now the waiting continues). In the next couple of weeks, I’ll find out what group I’m going to be in, what products I’m working on, who my manager will be, and whether I’ll get to split my time and work on robot cars.

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