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I don't know how these people decided that a team lead should be responsible for submitting weekly and monthy status reports, but here I am.
They recently added FIVE additional forms to the powerpoint slide deck, which I have to complete every week.
The guidance I was given was to :
"...include any significant events and state how they were of benefit to the Government, as well as KUDOS for performance."
My response
<sarcasm>As developers, we're used to - and have come to expect - a complete lack of anything that could be identifiable as recognition or appreciation for the work we do, regardless of how much time/money it saves anybody. I suppose when you consistently deliver excellence, it becomes expected, anticipated, or mundane, and is subsequently subverted into feelings that could best be described as, "That's your job. What did you expect? A rrrrrrrrubber biscuit?".
Furthermore, a "significant event" would be my continued ability to resist the urge to choke the living sh*t out of the customer for submitting stupid work items in TFS, or for demanding immediate turnaround of "emergency" work items that aren't included in the current sprint.
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I'm not really sure how management will react...
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote: They recently added FIVE additional forms
For that, they'd need to present you with form a38 
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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Quote: For that, they'd need to present you with form a38
He, of course means form a38/b as you are a Team Leader, not a Manager.
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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Bastard Programmer from Hell
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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38???!!!
Surely you mean form 1911.45
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Maybe you should change your work signature to match your CodeProject signature.
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Management is not hard. Just saying. 
Everyone is born right handed. Only the strongest overcome it.
Fight for left-handed rights and hand equality.
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He does this and the other things not because they are easy...
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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It's not that it's hard - it's that it's not development.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote: it's that it's not development.
I see. Are you one of those that only likes to code and not do anything else?
Everyone is born right handed. Only the strongest overcome it.
Fight for left-handed rights and hand equality.
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I've successfully avoided moving into management since 1979.
It's important that you stick with what you're good at, and avoid things you're not good at.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote: It's important that you stick with what you're good at, and avoid things you're not good at.
Now there's one way to grow as a person.
Everyone is born right handed. Only the strongest overcome it.
Fight for left-handed rights and hand equality.
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I fully recognize my inability (and lack of desire) to give a sh*t about someone's sensitivities. If they f*cked up, they should know, and if it falls to me to tell them, they'll probably end up hiding in a corner, sucking their thumb, and crying for their mommy. I have no interest in changing my approach.
I am the LAST person that should be a manager. I also don't feel like this is a major character flaw.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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Hmmmm.
Perhaps you're one of the people that think John should continue to try to climb the ladder until he's an example of the Peter Principle? I'm with John - I do this job for the satisfaction, not the money. Promotion to manager? Blah - give it to someone that deserves to be punished. Money:Stress ratio is always better further away from the top-end.
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enhzflep wrote: Perhaps you're one of the people that think John should continue to try to climb the ladder until he's an example of the Peter Principle?
Nope. It was just a simple question.
Everyone is born right handed. Only the strongest overcome it.
Fight for left-handed rights and hand equality.
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Okay, elephant-it - I'll bite.
For what purpose would you ask such a question, if not in a thinly veiled attempt to assert dominance or to imply inferiority?
If it really was aimed at information gathering, you've got a ways to go with your soft-skills. (and I've got even further)
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enhzflep wrote: you've got a ways to go with your soft-skills
"Are you one of those that only likes to code and not do anything else?" is not soft? I think you've been on the internet too long, always thinking every question is a fight.
Everyone is born right handed. Only the strongest overcome it.
Fight for left-handed rights and hand equality.
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Your question is strange. Talking to people about non-nuts-and-bolts things is what I'm considering a soft-skill. (Is this out of step with broader community definitions?)
Being able to do it well is, obviously, desirable. Which brings me to the reason I mentioned the concept. If you were merely trying to find out information with your question, it sucks. It can be seen to make inferences about John's character that a more skilled person would not have done when trying to find out the same info.
Certainly, while it is true that its been about 23 years now since I first hit AltaVista, I'm capable of seeing far more nuance that your comment appears to acknowledge.
I asked you a direct question, yet you've dodged it and instead left another opinion. See how this is going yet?
Your behaviour mimics perfectly that of someone called-out for and embarrassed by poor behaviour.
When taken into consideration with your snarky "Now there's one way to grow as a person. " comment, I'm having an impossible time believing you. 
modified 23-Jan-19 22:07pm.
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enhzflep wrote: yet you've dodged it
enhzflep wrote: mimics perfectly that of someone called-out for and embarrassed by poor behaviour.
No offense, but now you're just being an idiot. 
Everyone is born right handed. Only the strongest overcome it.
Fight for left-handed rights and hand equality.
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This is to notify you that someone is sending me stupid forms and signing your name to them.
If you can keep your head while those about you are losing theirs, perhaps you don't understand the situation.
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Learn to delegate, surely you have an officious little worm in your team, dump it on them and just sign off on the forms.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity -
RAH
I'm old. I know stuff - JSOP
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Team Lead, Manager,... whatever, means there's people that report to you right?
so: delegate.
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John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote: <sarcasm>As developers, we're used to
You neglected to close your sarcasm tag.
Maybe you should consider a job in management 
I'll see myself out.
My plan is to live forever ... so far so good
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