Thursday, February 7, 2008

Bursting Bubbles

The big boss is becoming a seriously large pain in the...(you know where). He has managed to take an opportunity to give his company more web presence and turned it into a way to marginalize my involvement in the company. The big boss has never once turned on his computer to check anything, and has no working knowledge of the internet. Regardless, he truly believes that there is no reason why any amount of time or money should be placed into his company being marketed on the internet. Ironically, my Inc. magazine for this month has a very large section of it dedicated to the amazing power of viral video and blogging for a company's image. For very little cost a company can become more personable and better known in its market. After having a moment of clarity I realized something: The job I am in is something I am being grossly underpaid for, so if my boss cannot come to realization that he has nothing to lose by giving me this project to run with then I have no place there. The money is not enough to keep me coming to work, so if I am being fought on the one project that makes me happy (enough to forget the missing zeros on my paycheck) then I deserve to find something that better fits me (financially and skill-wise). Fortunately enough I have some very exciting things going on with my own line, and I can make the necessary appointments amidst finding myself a better and more fulfilling job. Maybe my pipe-dream of doing what I love and making enough money from it isn't so unattainable after all.

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