Moi aussi. Must figure out how to get 7 guys who want to be building things sit down and read -- and then discuss! -- an article on engineering education. Blah.

Must figure out how to get 7 guys who want to be building things sit down and read

tell them there's a railgun schematic at the end? tell them you think you heard that the author might have made an error somewhere?

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Must figure out how to get 7 guys who want to be building things sit down and read

Nailgun to the kneecaps.

Well, that'll get 'em to sit. Comprehension might not be strong after that.

Know what I'm doing right now?

Cleaning up desk! And filing my giant to be filed stack and working on instructions and emails to send out about me leaving and the transition.

The temp agency had 2 people lined up to come out here but both flaked out. So not sure what we are going to do.

So not sure what we are going to do.

so. not. your. problem.

Well no, but I do wnat to get someone in so I can train them and get a kinda smooth transition.

It's going to be hard because I'm the most experienced person when it comes to certain things, a replacement for my superivsor hasn't been hired yet.

Another fun day in Orlando. There are video drive problems, so while those get sorted out I'm sitting around waiting for a couple of hours. There's actually not much work for me to do on this today so it will all be fine.

The bummer is that the VP that they were trying to get a meeting with for this evening changed his schedule and isn't available, so it's back to the drawing board on trying to find out the scope of work that Nickelodeon has for me. Grrrr. I really want to get some sense of how much they plan to use me and in what capacity.

ND: Hi. I'm doing some work for you. What is the scope and how do you plan to use me?

Mr. Nickelodeon VP: Well, We have this idea. t reaches under desk t pulls out Squiward costume How do you feel about costumes?

ND: Let me talk to you about my costume day rate.

It's going to be hard because I'm the most experienced person when it comes to certain things, a replacement for my superivsor hasn't been hired yet.

I totally understand - and my reaction stems only from my experience as 'unpaid but still doing stuff for people' because I've felt guilty and responsible in the past. It isn't a bad thing - but disorganized companies can lean on it until it becomes a huge timesuck. If it were me, I'd give them a good how-to document, maybe offer to be available to respond to a couple of emails every once in a while (but have a strategy for what happens if it gets to be more than that) and let them deal with their own hiring mess. If they're bringing in temps, and still haven't hired a supervisor, a good how-to, with some sample scenarios, might be of much more use long term.