I don’t want to wear 15 pieces of flair.
Jan 10th, 2009 by Kris
In honor of the 10th Anniversary of Office Space…
Well, I thought I remembered you saying that you wanted to express yourself.
Yeah. You know what, yeah, I do. I do want to express myself, okay. And I don’t need 37 pieces of flair to do it.
“Our client is looking for a Rock Star Air|Flex Developer”
“Network Ninja”
“Super Star Coder”
I don’t think these people know what they’re asking for.
I’m sorry, I’m not a Rock Star. I have no grandiose visions of myself. I’m a Community Manager. I work in my jammies. I’m approachable. I answer the phone at 8am on a Sunday. I remember to make a thread for you on your birthday. When I’m on vacation I send key users a post card. When you’re doing something necessary but ticks off the users, I defend you and take the heat. When you’re doing something that screws them over, I defend them. Your product or service is not my personal platform to advertise what a Super Star I am.
I love my job and I’m damned good at it. But it does not make me a Rock Star.
Empty, generic, blowing smoke up my ass phrases. I wouldn’t want to work with a bunch of people who have a big head just from Doing Their Job. Ego clashing would not make for good team work. Does this economy not make people realize how replaceable they are?
If you want to get me excited about your company, keep the fluff to yourself. With the amount of BS some of these people shovel they’re more sanitation workers than they are Ninjas.
