Party time

We had a real nice time at the works night out last night, marred only by shoddily constructed furniture ( a table collapsed under the feeble weight of my elbows ). The meal was in the Racquet Club, a rather snooty little pad in Chapel Street. Ended up sitting on a table with Wishart, Heidi and Andy ( and all of their respective partners ). Probably the exact right table to be on, even though I missed out sitting with my programming pals.

I know it sounds awfully arse-licky, but I'm really starting to love being at work. We're doing really well as a business, got a real team ethic and I'm not just talking about programming. Our boys are really cool. Joel ( the bossman ) is technically excellent with extensive knowledge of the Babylon 5 universe. John's lead singer in a local band, Dan's an electronics McGyver and really is one of the nicest blokes I've ever worked with. No-one can be told who Ken is - you have to meet him for yourself.

The team extends to the entire company. Everybody knows everybody and the traditional divisions between Creative, Technical, Support and Project Management just do not exist. I'm not saying that everything is perfect - disputes do occur, but its normally because of genuine differences in opinion ( say, over how something is implemented ), and not the result of ongoing internal feuds.

Better yet, we've just won a boatload of new business - which is a pretty rare thing for this time of the year. It's going to be hard work delivering it, but we're all really optimistic about the future.