User:Cache

Sarna is an incredible site with a great community. I feel I was able to fit in and add my own flair through process improvements and editing in general. I feel I worked well with the administrators and other editors, putting my ego aside where necessary to incorporate their ideas and follow the general consensus. I especially enjoyed helping new editors learn the ropes and then watching some join the ranks of Sarna's most prolific editors. All of this was both for my own enjoyment as well as to support the BattleTech IP (and community) for no monetary gain whatsoever. I have been doing this for years through other large websites, including my own. Through those years I have met many incredible people who do the same thing, some of whom have found their way into working for CGL and are doing an amazing job.

I once worked for a supervisor who was utterly incompetent. He was promoted to the position through connections rather than ability. I was good at my job. I worked well with my co-workers by taking their needs into account and streamlining processes in a way that made sense. These processes enhanced my and my co-workers' abilities to do our job. My supervisor decided he needed to add his own flair to things. His ideas ignored everything: regulations, needs of his personnel, and, frankly, reality. We had quite the ego battle and I was often reprimanded for not following his directions to the letter, despite those deviations being necessary to make his orders work. One day when one of his ideas failed spectacularly, he asked me why I didn't make it work. I told him, "I am not going to fight you in order to make you look good." I retired shortly thereafter.

I have had issues with the CGL over the years, and, unfortunately, they are increasing in frequency. More recently with the official store where I received no response for months from customer service and had to rely on old contacts (who have nothing to do with the situation) for resolution. That just ain't right. I also had to report the issue as fraud to my credit card company. It seems the bigger they become, the worse their customer service. Add to these issues, my methods on Sarna have once again brought me into conflict with CGL's star author and his fans.

Sigh.

I'm not going to fight them in order to make them look good.

Might as well leave on a high note, right?

See you space cowboy.