Generally when I go overseas with my company it's to visit a client. It's always good to see new places but those visits can get pretty hectic as the client is expecting a specific set of results, most of which I'm generally not aware of until I get there and some of which have been oversold by the sales team and are simply not possible to deliver. So I'll spend all day talking to 4 or 5 guys who all have differing and often contradictory views about exactly what it is they want the system to do and a lot of my evenings frantically trying to figure out how to make the system do that. And the weekends catching up on everything else that I haven't had time to look at during the week.
Some people love that pressure. My old boss, a fiercely intelligent lady, thrives on being put in that situation and pulling something out of the bag. She's left us now and is working for a company where she's on site three weeks in every month, and she raves about her new job. I can do it for a week or two but I find that it puts a lot of pressure on me, both body and soul. I don't exercise, drink too much, eat bad food and only get a few hours of sleep a night because my mind will never shut up. My old boss has offered to recommend me to her new company and in some ways it's tempting, but I know it's not something I could do long-term.
However after 8 years with the Australian arm of the company I get to go on my first 'jolly' at the end of the month. I'm off to Dubai for three days of meetings to discuss various procedural & corporate-type things with colleagues in a sister office and then I'll be staying on for a couple more days for a look around. It'll be good to be able to relax and enjoy the visit, and somewhat sadly I'm even looking forward to flying on the A380 over there. That may change after a solid 14 hrs on the plane though.
Todays tune & video is dedicated to the trip - it's worth viewing on youtube and maximising the size as it's a pretty awesome video
Some people love that pressure. My old boss, a fiercely intelligent lady, thrives on being put in that situation and pulling something out of the bag. She's left us now and is working for a company where she's on site three weeks in every month, and she raves about her new job. I can do it for a week or two but I find that it puts a lot of pressure on me, both body and soul. I don't exercise, drink too much, eat bad food and only get a few hours of sleep a night because my mind will never shut up. My old boss has offered to recommend me to her new company and in some ways it's tempting, but I know it's not something I could do long-term.
However after 8 years with the Australian arm of the company I get to go on my first 'jolly' at the end of the month. I'm off to Dubai for three days of meetings to discuss various procedural & corporate-type things with colleagues in a sister office and then I'll be staying on for a couple more days for a look around. It'll be good to be able to relax and enjoy the visit, and somewhat sadly I'm even looking forward to flying on the A380 over there. That may change after a solid 14 hrs on the plane though.
Todays tune & video is dedicated to the trip - it's worth viewing on youtube and maximising the size as it's a pretty awesome video
Not really Dubai-related as the singer (MIA) is an English / Sri-Lankan artist and the video was inspired by automotive craziness in Saudi Arabia and was directed & filmed in Morocco by a Frenchman. But you get the idea.
Some will think that I'm verging on the popular here (sorry Marin) but I have a soft spot for MIA. Catchy songs, interesting instrumentalism and kick ass videos like the above and the below...
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