It’s review time!

…at work.  This means that for some random day out of this week,  I’ll be completely unproductive.  Instead of providing useful input on actual products, I’ll be crafting MBA-speak mini essays that prove my value to The Man.  Expositions on my Strengths and Weaknesses and such. 

I feel like lately (over the past year at work), I get a lot of comments, or feel some vague pressure to make my work more well known.  To give more internal talks.  Stuff like that.   Hand out “Audrey 4 prez” stickers.  To me, though, this stuff is fluff.  The people on the team who have my respect don’t fall into the regular speech/presentation crowd.  And I wonder if the real reason that management cares is likely because hm…they want to be made to look better.  And those sorts of forums are the only way they stay in touch, and can process what’s going on.  It validates them as a 

Thinking about this a little more…it’s an excellent “weakness” to have, actually.  ”Hey, I’m too busy doing actual work to waste my time, and giving other people an excuse to waste their time, by presenting my work in a fuzzily-relevant forum.”   Kind of like the “works too hard” weakness.  No one’s gonna actually ding you for it.  At least, no one that matters.

Then again, if that’s the game, maybe I should just play.  It just feels kinda dirty.