I have been working in an area that I really believe I want to be in, which is basically the systems engineering group for a complex system. I found that through this experience is that my organization (like most organizations dealing with complex systems lets get real) has an organizational structure issue. Frankly, it is because things like organizational structure or management are rarely backed by objective, data-driven reasoning. That is because those things cannot be quantitatively captured without introducing bias and/or if the data does not fit the rhetoric of the customer (namely what management believes already to be correct), then they dismiss the data and do whatever. Management has this issue of believing that because they have been in the organization for X amount of years they know how to effectively run the organization. While experience dos enable more insight, it is a double-edged sword. By ingraining yourself within the organization, one obtains a certain perception of what needs to be done to fix issues. That certain perception might be right at the moment, but due to the dynamics of a large complex system, it might be wrong down the road. This is further exacerbated when the methods you use to change the organization for the better require a significant buy-in, which requires a significant amount of time. Hence if you do not get the structure right the first time, good luck changing, because it might just make it worse. #work
Onto the Cheesecake Review.
I went to this place on Cocoa Beach called Fishlips (menu here), which is right off the harbor on a Friday to hang with a group of co-workers, to have some beers and get to know other people. About 15 people were there and it was pretty fun. The interesting thing about places in Cocoa Beach is that there are a lot of retirees there. So while we are a group of 20-30-year-old individuals, we were nowhere near the rowdiest. I was jelly. But in all honesty, there is a diverse set of individuals in our group. You got the 'introverts who had enough energy to be present for 30 minutes' and the 'raging alcoholics till I'm done with school, hopefully'. I enjoy that hodgepodge of people. #diverse
For dinner, I have this lobster creamy mac and cheese which was glory. My love of Cheesecake is mostly due to the cheese part of that word, so it does not take a Sherlock to find that mac and cheese is one of my top five favorite dishes. I was sorta full, but also knew they had a Cheesecake on the menu. This is because I have had their Cheesecake before, but not before my blog started. They even had two types, traditional and Caramel-style. I went with traditional because I stick to my values as a true Cheesecake connoisseur. #traditionalordie
The Cheesecake was pretty solid, but it reminded me of the usual decent restaurant Cheesecake that was probably frozen. However, I could not taste any freezer burn or other off-putting flavors so points for it. The graham cracker crust though was definitely too hidden, and I wished that would pop a bit more. Sorta like when you pop a pimple and you only get half of it out of there as compared to the full amount. Cheesecake filling itself was solid. Overall pretty decent for a restaurant dessert but definitely not a world beater. In terms of world beater capabilities, I would put it as a France.
Overall Score: 8/10
Onto the Cheesecake Review.
I went to this place on Cocoa Beach called Fishlips (menu here), which is right off the harbor on a Friday to hang with a group of co-workers, to have some beers and get to know other people. About 15 people were there and it was pretty fun. The interesting thing about places in Cocoa Beach is that there are a lot of retirees there. So while we are a group of 20-30-year-old individuals, we were nowhere near the rowdiest. I was jelly. But in all honesty, there is a diverse set of individuals in our group. You got the 'introverts who had enough energy to be present for 30 minutes' and the 'raging alcoholics till I'm done with school, hopefully'. I enjoy that hodgepodge of people. #diverse
For dinner, I have this lobster creamy mac and cheese which was glory. My love of Cheesecake is mostly due to the cheese part of that word, so it does not take a Sherlock to find that mac and cheese is one of my top five favorite dishes. I was sorta full, but also knew they had a Cheesecake on the menu. This is because I have had their Cheesecake before, but not before my blog started. They even had two types, traditional and Caramel-style. I went with traditional because I stick to my values as a true Cheesecake connoisseur. #traditionalordieThe Cheesecake was pretty solid, but it reminded me of the usual decent restaurant Cheesecake that was probably frozen. However, I could not taste any freezer burn or other off-putting flavors so points for it. The graham cracker crust though was definitely too hidden, and I wished that would pop a bit more. Sorta like when you pop a pimple and you only get half of it out of there as compared to the full amount. Cheesecake filling itself was solid. Overall pretty decent for a restaurant dessert but definitely not a world beater. In terms of world beater capabilities, I would put it as a France.
Overall Score: 8/10
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