23 January 2008

Today we had a full-office meeting at work, where all the department heads (that makes our office sound much bigger than it is!) explained their objectives for the coming year. We have these meetings now and again but I was really struck this time by how much is going on in the company now, and the depth, detail and complexity of the work that some of the other departments are doing.

I had one of those when I grow up I want to be like you moments. My job does at least involve a variety of work, and at certain points in the past two-and-a-half years it's felt very challenging, but I think I have it down now, and it's not really one of those jobs where there is a new flood of work arriving from any particular direction. Don't get me wrong, I'm not asking for some high-flying department-managing work-is-my-life position, and at the moment the lack of stress suits me quite well, but I may well be up for more at some point (although, all things considered, I am more likely to go the self-employment route eventually). It would be nice to be very good at something, or be very passionate at something, or be very good at something you were passionate about - I wonder though if getting paid for it doesn't somehow dull the passion?