Thursday, October 11, 2007

忙碌的生活

Hmm, very bz nowadays, work piling up, stuck at tough problems, forcing myself to read. Now I'm like a zombie, 天天不够睡.

[ A Debugger's Life ]

I've been testing control logic & drafting test protocol. Just to grasp how it works took 1 wk & drafting + prelim testing + finding & killing bugs took another wk. Keep repeating the sequence until 我怕. Finally settled temporarily, after passed to engineer for review. Phew!

[ Logbook & Report vs. Work ]

Sometimes I really wonder how to balance these. If I work too hard, no clear mind, no energy & no time to write logbk & report. Everyday I'd come across possible problems on the modules & modify the config. These constant changes for hundreds of items are really tedious. When I go home, eyes kinda swollen. If I focus too much on my logbk/report, practical work experience would be lost forever. If I don't read along, can't link process control with what I've been doing. Some concepts are real tough & keep trying to read also make eye swollen. What a dilemma!

[ Dinner & Dance ]

Yeah! Got a surprised call today, saying I can attend Pfizer's D&D on 3 Nov. Can't bring partner, no door-gifts & I might not be able to sit with my dept people, but it's ok. It's a great opportunity to know people from other depts. Haha, looking forward to it.

[ Shattered Dream ]

Bad news! The automation specialist is quitting in Nov, he found a new job! How to cope? Only 2 engineers + 1 contract staff left supporting entire Pfizer site? The other 2 are managers, so bulk of the jobs lie on my sup & another engineer. I asked before why our dept so few people. They said the system very advanced & usually no big problems, so only need a few people to troubleshoot. If got new & big projects, they'll hire contract staff to help out. Now I know why people keep leaving, despite the high pay. Job is rather boring/routine & work pressure is too huge, due to manpower shortage.

Now I can already imagine how it's gonna be like if I go back Pfizer after graduating: Slog it out with my sup until cannot tahan anymore. Hmm, not much 灵感 to write IA report. Hope I can get it flying off soon. God bless!

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