Honest Priority

The thing about having more than one person in charge is that there's always more than one priority. They asked me about this during the interview. How would you take on multiple Due Yesterday tasks?

I was hopped up on many, many pain killers my interview morning, crampin' style. My tongue slurred something about prioritizing and organizing, the 2 'zings I suck at. I was careful not to say I would do that personally, because it would be a lie. They nodded. The VP even 'good answer'ed me.

Now I wish they called me on it. I wish the VP laughed me out the door. "Go sew some dolphin needlepoint," they should have said, patting me on the back like it's my first day of school and I ended up in the teacher's lounge. I'm getting pulled along by deadlines. Pulled? No. What's the thing where they tied the guy's limbs up to 5 horses?

Here's how I prioritize, honestly. I look at 2 tasks, and ask myself 'which one of these will I get to finish before wanting to kill someone?'. The winner goes against the 3rd task, and so on, until the ultimate champion is chosen. The ultimate champion is usually Facebook status updates (don't know how it sneaks in there). So far, not getting much done.