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Blessed are the cheesemakers.
You're wasted in i.t.
Not long after joining a new Large Project, I was “invited” to spend a couple of days in the Black Mountains, being trained in survival skills by two ex-members of the SAS. My boss thought it would be a good way to build team spirit, but since the course had a maximum attendance of eight, and there were twenty-seven of us in the team, what he actually achieved (at best) was four separate sets of team spirit – each one strangely different from the others – along with several fractures, uncounted bruises both physical and psychological (one of which matured into a nasty case of PTSD), and an impressive collection of hangovers. In the end the only thing we shared was a mixture of resentment and envy towards the one guy who had told the boss where he could stick his outward bound course.
We did have to conceive and deliver a unique “entertainment” for the last night though. It gave me an excuse to exercise my creative muscle – far better developed than my yomping muscles – and come up with a short poem. One verse for each of my suffering team-mates, punctuated by a repeated “audience participation” verse; a kind of poetic chorus. The premiere – and only – performance of this fine work prompted one of our number to comment: “you’re wasted in IT.”
She was absolutely right.