Natasha Anne
06-07-2006, 09:51 AM
Things are working out wonderfully.
I'm working with a group of people that I have not seen in over a year. They are all struggling to figure out where they know me from. They are seeing a woman, and are unable to find me in their memory banks, even though they know they've worked with me before. What an unintended compliment for me.
My absolute favorite experience happened today, about 3 hours before the writing of this post!
A woman in one of my customers met me for the "first" time today. We were to have a very in-depth technical discussion about the application architecture she has envisaged for her IT environment. She is a senior manager and architect there.
Upon meeting me, she said almost immediately, where do I know you from?" It was a moment, believe you me. I responded by mentioning that I'd worked for my rather large IT company for 8 1/2 years and she nodded and sort of accepted what I had said. I was very high profile in the past in the IT industry in South Africa, but took a backseat a year ago to let things simmer, and now that I'm raising my profile again, I can claim the street cred but people just can't place me.
Men can be idiots with placing faces and names, but women are not so forgetful. She knows she has met me before and I could see her wracking her brains for the entire meeting. It was fun, a real compliment, and I kind of hope she doesn't figure it out.
I'm working with a group of people that I have not seen in over a year. They are all struggling to figure out where they know me from. They are seeing a woman, and are unable to find me in their memory banks, even though they know they've worked with me before. What an unintended compliment for me.
My absolute favorite experience happened today, about 3 hours before the writing of this post!
A woman in one of my customers met me for the "first" time today. We were to have a very in-depth technical discussion about the application architecture she has envisaged for her IT environment. She is a senior manager and architect there.
Upon meeting me, she said almost immediately, where do I know you from?" It was a moment, believe you me. I responded by mentioning that I'd worked for my rather large IT company for 8 1/2 years and she nodded and sort of accepted what I had said. I was very high profile in the past in the IT industry in South Africa, but took a backseat a year ago to let things simmer, and now that I'm raising my profile again, I can claim the street cred but people just can't place me.
Men can be idiots with placing faces and names, but women are not so forgetful. She knows she has met me before and I could see her wracking her brains for the entire meeting. It was fun, a real compliment, and I kind of hope she doesn't figure it out.