OK, my job doesn't actually have a description. I work at a company which doesn't believe in that kind of thing. My job title is "software engineer", and I imagined I'd be doing software-engineer-y things when I signed on. And usually, that's the case.
Last week, though, I had to spend a couple of days doing things that would normally be done by a business analyst. It was made particularly onerous by having to wade through enormous amounts of legalese, the kind of thing that makes my head vibrate (in a bad way). In addition, I was forced into more-than-usual contact with one of the testers that I don't get along with so well.
The fact that I was assigned to do this work isn't a signal of any kind. I'm pretty sure it was just expedient. There just aren't any BA's at my company. Given that, I think the work that I wound up doing should have fallen into the product manager's hands, but he's already overloaded with other work, and tries to avoid involvement in my product when possible. Of course, I am also overloaded with work, but the buck stops with me, it seems.
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