Well well, there's a quote I won't soon forget

[flexagon]

For various reasons including the fact that we did eventually do some work together this year, and because if I do ever go for promotion I'll need help from people 2 levels above me, I trepidatiously and awkwardly asked the Noid on Friday if he would peer-review me for the fall performance cycle. I said something like how I would normally say "do your worst", but in this case I was kind of hoping not actually. In the resultant conversation came The Quote:

I think you've proven yourself in Image Search. For many reasons Blogger was a bad situation. Sorry for my part in that.

~The Noid

Also, rather later:

me: While we're on this topic... independent of perf, it's been good working with you as an engineer and I have been trying to find a good time to say thanks. Thanks!

noid: Likewise, I've enjoyed working with you. And thanks for being willing to make a fresh start with me in the new role.

Blink... blink... will he really not slam me? It's been just over a year since he told me he wasn't sure I'd ever be able to do the job associated with my title, even given time to learn. If we hadn't then been unwillingly stuck together in the same group by an accident on the part of the Winemaker -- "Can you say AWKWARD TURTLE!? I was pretty dumbfounded" -- there's no way we'd have reached this complex relationship. He'd be on my shit list, and I'd never have spoken to him on purpose again, and I think I'd've been happy enough with that. An alternate universe, simpler and clearer, maybe less healthy.

I'm still not sure if this new guy is actually a pod person who hauled the old Noid under a porch and ate him, but I guess it doesn't matter. It's a quote and it's going on the record. I know that Galahad believes this one is the real Noid, and the old Noid was cracking up last fall just about as badly as I was.

Comments

[apfelsingail.livejournal.com]

Wow. Kudos to the both of you for making that whole situation work- it wasn't easy, and you know that your managers (who know the story) are totally impressed with you... :-)

Had some other thoughts on the whole promotion thing, too- I'll email later, need to crash now.

[flexagon]

Thanks! Where's my email? I want my email. :-)