Funny story that I really wanted to share with you all.

Moving to the XNA team has meant several changes for me. As I mentioned in my previous post, I've stepped into a Development Manager role.  The Dev team has been simply awesome in making me feel welcome and helping me to get onboard. 

Another change is moving to the Xbox team in the Entertainment and Devices Division.  While I loved the developer division, the gamer in me is in hog heaven on the Xbox team. 

Changing teams has also meant a change in work location.  My new office is now located in the "Millennium" buildings down in Redmond.  The new location is a little bit further away from home, and this is the farthest I've worked from "main campus".  The nicest thing about my new location is that it is very close to the school that my two older daughters (Taylor 8 and Elisa 6) attend. That means I can take them to school and then head to work literally minutes away.

So that begets the funny story.  Here's a conversation I had with my daughter, Taylor, on the way to school.

Taylor: Dad, why did you have to change jobs?

Me (thinking): Oh boy.  How do I explain a "Re-Org", global workforce, staffing and opportunity cost?

Me: Well, if work is a "project" the project I'm working on got assigned to a different team. It was a great chance for me to find something new to work on.

Taylor: Are you a "manager" now?

Me: Yep.

Taylor: What does a manager do?

Me: LOL. Ummmm.  I'm trying to figure that out. I guess I'm responsible for my new "project" and making sure that the team is running well.

Taylor:  Does that mean you're "the boss" ?

Me: LOL. LOL.  No.  Well... technically yes.  But not really.  I don't "boss people around."  I help provide guidance, but most of the time I just try to stay out of the way.

Taylor: So, are you like a manager at the store? Do you wear a red vest?

Me: LOL. LOL. LOL. <trying not to drive in the ditch>  No no no.  No red vests at Microsoft sweetheart.

Leave it to my 2nd grade daughter to totally make my day. I still laugh every time I think about it.

I guess that's worlds better than my Kindergartner Elisa's comment in regards to my expanding waist line.

Me:  Do you think I'm fat honey?

Elisa:  Oh no. You not fat. Well... but you do look just like Mr. Incredible.  And I love you.

Mr. Incredible is cool, after all.  Maybe I'll be cooler in my red vest.  Sigh...