Betsy's right. I keeel you if you keep beating yourself up!
... oh, wait, that came out wrong.
I think I walked into with these skills which made things easier.
Back to Betsy's question: yes. I had a lot of trouble working on the campaign, in part related to the distributed nature of authority, and the inability to make anyone do anything. I had skills that I couldn't put to use, and that frustrated the hell out of me. I'm a control freak and a project manager, and it was crazy-making that I couldn't just make things happen.
I also learned that I'm more of an attention ho than I realized: that being on the strategy team was a source of great pride to me. More than it should have been, really, given the amount I actually produced. I liked having my name be known outside the (somewhat limited) fic-reading community. I liked having people pay attention to what I had to say, and do things because I said to.
It's embarrassing. But it's good to know that about myself.
On the other hand, I made a few good friends, including one of the writers on the show. It's possible I might have met him anyway, but I doubt it. And he and his wife are actually friends, and marvelous human beings, and we can talk about lots of things which are not related to television. (And he gives me endless shit about ficwriting. *g*)
