2007年11月20日星期二

A most touched sentence from customer

I am getting tired about my company recently as well as 2 projects I am working for. I think it is from the end of August when I was supposed to leave this company. Some of my colleagues had left this company successively because low salary and losing interests with their work. So did I! The package I was working for that time was really a crap with countless bugs. Even I fixed bugs with crazy speed, its essence would not be changed. Crap's crap!

So I decided to leave as I got a chance to work in a new and small company to create a requirement manangement software. What an exciting job this is! That's what I've been looking for -- to develop a product rather than a project towards a narrow field of people. But our COO persuaded me to stay because he said he will raise my salary and give me a promotion. He also told me that Beijing Project needed me. I also wished I could carry Beijing project through to the end. But COO is a lier!! None of his promise came to true. I was totally disappointed and lost enthusiam.

Last night, I was talking with a customer of Manila project. He's also my friend rather than just a customer. I was getting much agitated when we were talking about my company. But he said, Jeff, don't be so sad. Listen, when I think of Manila project software I think of Jeff Ling not TSSS(My company).

I was touched! I admitted. At that time, I felt this is the most touched sentence I've ever heard to assess my work!

Yes, this is enough. As a software engineer, I don't ask too much. Just a simple word or sentence to assess my work is enough. It is so ridiculous that this estimation is not from my PM, my company but from my customer.

I will memorize this sentence forever.