CAT Scope, conclusion

Tags: Computer Assistance Team, linux, linuxawy
Written by: kamasheto

Here we are again, with the conclusion of a new scope, scope six.

This scope was different, I admit. Not necessarily in a good way, nor a bad way - it was just different. It might be because Eng. Mahy wasn’t there to close the final session, it might be because the last session was full of “us”, only, it might be because it felt like a bunch of friends having a pleasant time with a microphone and an audience - it might be a lot of things, which don’t quite concern me.

Today, April 26th 2007, I declare I’ve learnt something new, for a change. I know I’m a rude criticizer, I know I sometimes cross my boundries, but I never changed. I never changed because I never felt anybody was good enough to stand up and answer me back, and convince me. Ahmed Soliman said “kamasheto 3omro mahay2ol en 7aga 7elwa” jokingly in response to my statement “l fekra 7elwa bas l implementation needed a tweak” - he probably has no idea how that statement in specific hit a nerve.

I believe, on the short run, Ahmed Soliman is my role model. Sometimes I do get caught up in the moment and criticize him as well, but that’s just me being me, I do have plenty of respect to him anyway. The majority of the time when we are kidding or enjoying a good laugh, I listen to him and want to learn something new from him - I do know he’s an unlimited resource of resources! However, when both of us are “tense” or even one of us, I tend to lean towards my hostile behaviour. When he said that, I felt my criticizing is most the time of a destructive nature. I don’t know if it was fate or he meant sending me the message, when he said “ana ba2ol lel nas what they have in case they don’t know they do”, because actually I am the exact same, I do see things in people as well that they don’t know about, however I criticize them using that - and with that I know I hurt their feelings most.

Now looking back, on how I could have used my methods in making sure those specific people know of their secret talents, I could have been motivating them all that time - and making sure they use those secret powers of theirs in a good way, rather than never ever listening to me, not now, and not even ever. That fit perfectly with the fact that I need to learn how to be a successful team leader, soon, now that CAT needs that position seriously with all those legends leaving college soon, and now that I seriously feel like I have a goal to establish, to get my head down to!

Linux, that’s a totally different story. I guess Open Source content is coming back, after long absence. He does have his way, ey?