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Well, those air a lot of questions, but I think that, you know, the 1st 10 years of working was just a lot of experimentation, um, doing different things, not knowing exactly what I liked and what I didn't and what I was good at and what I thought I should be doing. And I didn't have the self awareness at the time either. Teoh even recognize what I did. Like something. So after about 10 years of working for the same company right out of college, I left and just took a minute. And then when I went back, Teoh toe, look for work. I was ableto to focus on the things that I really was interested in. And it was a humbling experience. And I took some, you know, lower level positions than what I had left previously. But it was the kind of work that I really enjoyed and it actually led me to, you know, where I eventually ended up today I did a similar thing when I started with the software company I work for now. I always wanted to be in the position that I currently have, but I had to do to other positions first to get to this point. So, um you know, I think the incidents and experience is really just about being less focused on title span of control. Um, and really focused on the kind of work that is energizing because eventually you'll get there. If if you're doing what you like. So hopefully that answers your question.
I lead software implementation projects. So, um, functional and technical. And, um, I mean, depending on the size of the project impacts how much responsibility I have and how many, many decisions I can make. I'm currently on a really, really large project that's really a program. So there's many people in my position, and we worked collaboratively together. It was on a smaller project last year where, you know, I really guided the whole project and essentially made most, if not all, of the decisions. Um, but it's really just about, you know, ensure we're meeting our deliverables and delivering what we say we're going to deliver on time within budget. Um, you know, just kind of those basics, to be honest. And you know, when we have issues where we don't have enough time than sometimes we can't do all the things we want to dio and what's really a priority. And ah, lot of my time is spent managing risks and trying to foresee what's gonna go wrong and get ahead of it. Um, and you know, before Cove in 19 I was traveling almost every week to my customer, Um and then I've been home since March 17th and transition to fully working remote. So you know that that has, like everyone. And, you know, that's that's been in okay, transition. Everyone's done Great. You including our customer. Um and, you know, I usually work between 40 and 50 hours a week, so it is hard for me toe. Keep that with. You know, sometimes I need some quiet time on the weekend to kind of do thought work. That's hard to do all day, every day when I'm in meetings and so forth, so
you know, the challenges I frankly, re sourcing is always one of the biggest challenges companies take on these projects, and they're excited. And they think, Oh, our existing team can do it all, you know, weaken, weaken, do the project and keep up with our day work and like, that's not true. And I see it kind of ubiquitously. All customers have that challenge, so it's it's really helping them prioritize. Um, raising those red flags and risks. You know, if you don't put the proper resource is on a project, you might not make your date or, you know, those individuals will bring out um So I think, you know, in terms of approaches, it's just being incredibly transparent as early as possible. So even when we're in the sales cycle having the opportunity that say, you know, this is what we've learned from our other projects, you know, if you don't, if you're not gonna back feel these folks and allow them to fully devote themselves to this work, it's gonna be a challenge for them, you know? And then, you know, quality can suffer as well. Um, similarly, um, you know, the resource is on my own project team within my own company. You know, it's it's hard, thankless work at times and just keeping them motivated and feeling good. Um, making, you know, they don't report to me. They're matrix to me for this project. But thinking about you know what? They're good at what they like and bringing that out. So they have the opportunity to enjoy the work that they're doing. Um, just a similar just being really transparent and, you know, sharing the state of things, asking for their help, trying not to solve every problem myself, but involves many people, as can