[Danimal16]

Curmudgeon??

About 9 months ago I was assigned to a new team as their engineer. Now I have been in engineering going on 40 years. The group is an energetic, intelligent HIGHLY capable team that has two of the most capable leaders I have had the pleasure of working with. My team mates have reinvigorated my love of work.

Now this team has a very good reputation, but it was not always that way. Some of our executives and senior managers of lessor quality screwed with these youngsters ALL the time. The abuse shed on these youngsters did not sit well with me. Anyway, being the old guy, I would defend them in "a rather direct" manner (my team's nice way of saying it).

Anyway I overheard my team mates discussing a run in we had, and that I had "directly" handled. They were laughing about how it all worked out and said something to the effect "I love it when our curmudgeon sticks up for us". The term stuck and that is my "call sign". AND they have reinvigorated my energy for my work. What a great crew and I am their curmudgeon!