Frustration is…
…getting your first big project and wanting to do really well on it, but realizing you haven’t the slightest idea how to get started.
…having to ask your teammates for help over and over and over because you are the new guy, and as the new guy the project is a constant reminder of how little you really know.
…finishing your project way past its due date making a hundred people also wait to start their projects.
…realizing on the fourth day of your project that something isn’t quite right and you spend 10% of your time building new stuff and 90% troubleshooting the stuff you just built.
…reading log files for hours on end only to find out what you already knew: your project is hosed and you need to start over.
…knowing that now CEO’s and Managers of other companies are waiting for your project to finish so they can determine how hard it will be for them to complete on their own.
…having to be on a phone call with those Managers and CEO’s and explain to them why it isn’t working yet (and you aren't quite sure yourself).
…spending hours and hours on end on the phone to get support only to realize the guy you are talking to has only been with the company a few weeks – and he thinks your questions are too elementary even for him.
...getting 99.9% of the project completed by fixing the errors with the support guy, only to have it crash and die on the last three steps.
…having to tell your boss that nothing works and that you have to completely start over.
…working a vacation day to hopefully shorten the five days you’ll spend on the project again when you get back (while the hundred people are still waiting on you to begin their projects).
…having to ask your teammates for help over and over and over because you are the new guy, and as the new guy the project is a constant reminder of how little you really know.
…finishing your project way past its due date making a hundred people also wait to start their projects.
…realizing on the fourth day of your project that something isn’t quite right and you spend 10% of your time building new stuff and 90% troubleshooting the stuff you just built.
…reading log files for hours on end only to find out what you already knew: your project is hosed and you need to start over.
…knowing that now CEO’s and Managers of other companies are waiting for your project to finish so they can determine how hard it will be for them to complete on their own.
…having to be on a phone call with those Managers and CEO’s and explain to them why it isn’t working yet (and you aren't quite sure yourself).
…spending hours and hours on end on the phone to get support only to realize the guy you are talking to has only been with the company a few weeks – and he thinks your questions are too elementary even for him.
...getting 99.9% of the project completed by fixing the errors with the support guy, only to have it crash and die on the last three steps.
…having to tell your boss that nothing works and that you have to completely start over.
…working a vacation day to hopefully shorten the five days you’ll spend on the project again when you get back (while the hundred people are still waiting on you to begin their projects).
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