Plucked from the air
Project A : 4000+ mandays
Team size : 50 at peak
Duration : 1 year
Project B : 80,000+ mandays
Team size : An army
Duration : Across several years
Scope : Similar for both.
If this is not a recipe for failure for Project A, I don’t know what is.
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On the other hand, it feels good to be recognized and appreciated by my peers.
I did a series of .ppt decks in preparation for a project which never took off. When it did finally take off, I was unfortunately assigned to this current hellhole of a project. But my colleague who was in the same team at that time managed to get back to that project and on two occasions, she MSN-ed me :
“Your decks are really useful!”
“AI LING!!! I miss you!! Please come back!!!!!!!”
Even my peers can show some appreciation. But I guess the big bosses think it’s too generous to give a word of praise now and again.
I shall let my family and friends tell you about me. These comments may be rather old but I think the gist of them still hold 
