So here's what I'm mulling over today:
A couple years ago at work, I was placed in a special position to do a project that ended up going south. Most of the issue there was that the whole thing was just very badly put-together, without a lot of thought as to what the situation required; some of the problem was that I was treating it more passively than it needed (that being what I was told to expect), trying to do as I was told and not complaining about the problems, rather than simply doing what needed to be done. I don't think I could be blamed for that, exactly, but certainly it would've turned out better if I'd been more aggressive about it at the time.
Long story short: the problems mostly got blamed on me, and I got kicked out of the project, eventually coming to my current position. Now the person they got to replace me is leaving, and I've been tentatively offered the job again. I have ALL THE MIXED FEELINGS about this. On the one hand, a lot of the problems we had before have been ironed out in the past few years; the project manager was very contrite when talking to me about how things had gone wrong before and didn't seem remotely inclined to blame me for it (which is a relief); I'm much better at being aggressive and setting my own goals and boundaries now than I was before; and the position is
really cushy. I would make my own hours, make my own projects, get a possible pay raise and might even be able to work from home--this would also make it possible for me to attend school if I wanted, in the future. On the other hand, it's a largely non-technical position, which is not my favorite, since I adore being handed malfunctioning systems to pummel into submission and was hoping to push into even more technical positions in the future; and there's a
lot of baggage in this job. Last time, the blow fell right around christmas time, right after I got engaged to Wyrd and was trying to plan the wedding on top of everything else--I actually fainted from the stress in the middle of the store while we were ring shopping, ffs! I am very, very wary about having that sort of thing happen again, and one clear way to do that would be to stay in my current position, where duties are clearly and unambiguously defined and expectations are easy to meet. But then, no risk, no gain, right? Just need some time to think about it, I think.
Is there a way to remove threads from one's "watch" list or whatever it's called?
Yup! Go to profile > modify profile > notifications, then under the "Current Topic Notifications" section check the box next to the thread and click "unnotify".
