steakhouse

last night i went to a nice dinner paid for by IBM!! woohoo. it was pretty good too, i was sort of leery of going at first cause 1) it was expensive and i wasn't sure if i would have to pay for it myself 2) everyone else that was invited was team leads or managers. i decided to just go anyways cause i didn't know what excuse i would say as to why i was not going. so i went, and i did feel a little uncomfortable cause everyone there had a lot more experience than me (i guess if you are higher up there, you get more perks!). i'm surprised i was invited, but maybe my 2nd line felt guilty that i've had to go to tucson so many times =P we went to a steakhouse and had lots of food. they have a LOT of steakhouses here...

the dinner was actually paid for by this blonde korean lady (yes, a NATURALLY blonde korean lady -- when she told us i thought that was the weirdest thing ever, her dad was an american soldier) who has been recruited by the IBM executive team to "save" our program and ensure that it comes out on our scheduled date. so near the end of dinner, she asked what can SHE do to help us make our lives easier and get this product out the door. so basically it was a lot of venting and griping about the management team and how they suck and don't listen and that everyone on their teams are tired, unmotivated, and don't see an end in sight. (which is sooo true---i don't see an end to this weekend stuff either!!) basically all i did was listen (they all had a lot more experience than me) and it was pretty interesting stuff.