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At noon today came a note from the director: “Guys, please stop all work on Project Stingray effective immediately.”

Yes, we have codenames for some of our projects. No, I don’t get to assign them. Yes, I know assigning them would be awesome.

Projects get codenames when they relate to highly sensitive mergers and acquisitions. In fact, they’re so secret that Stingray isn’t even the real codename.* These sorts of assignments are different than the work I’ve done before in which the projects have a clear plan about what work will be performed in what amount of time. They are shorter, faster and more intense, and they have the potential to end at any time. Maybe this is what being on reality TV feels like?

“I’m fired,” and it feels good.

*Note that in the event that I did get to assign the real codenames, I would choose something better than stingray, but I wanted this particular example to be more reflective of what the actual codenames are like. If it were up to me, there is a strong possibility this project would be dubbed Project Team Discovery Channel.**

**Obviously, that’s just an example, since I couldn’t actually tell you what I would name the project, if I ever was able to do so.

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