Awake.

[swestrup]

There is something inherently depressing about starting your last week at a job, no matter how much you've been aching to leave and go find a project somewhere else that doesn't quite have the same stink of doomed about it.

Yeah, I think its doomed. I haven't said much about that here on my blog while I've been working there, as I didn't want to say or do anything that could potentially make a bad situation worse, but there doesn't seem to be as much reason to hold back now.  Now, as in most projects, there is a kernel of a good idea and some potential good that can come out of this project, but seriously at this point, if they ditched about 4 levels of managers and hired a systems architect and a refactoring guru, I think they'd still miss their ship date by a good 6 months, but they'd actually have something to show for it in the end.

Ah, well, gotta get ready to work -- the Titanic needs to have its decks all shiny and clean for its date with the iceberg.

Comments

[kishiriadgr.livejournal.com]

At least you've got a seat on the lifeboat reserved.

[skjalm.livejournal.com]

I do apologise, but I really cannot help but give a slightly cynical laugh here and say... Welcome to the gaming industry! ;)

It's amazing how often game projects are horribly late. Quite often because of (lack of) management...

Anyway, five (or just over four, I guess) days left until you get to go back home to taxlady.

[swestrup]

Well, I *knew* the game was doomed when I took the job. The thing was, my job had nothing to do with the game. I was supposed to be researching new game technologies for the game after this one. Instead, my research position got cancelled and I was moved laterally to the doomed game, thus sealing my fate.

[skjalm.livejournal.com]

Hehe... as I said (or at least implied): bad management ;)

Trying to save a burning, sinking, blown up ship rather than spending the resources making the new one better just strikes me as wrong.