The Ugly Sumo Ceremony

                               

These past few months have been hard: we've switched over to a more agile development methodology, moving from a 4-6 month release schedule to 2-3 weeks. We've gone through a couple minor reorgs in the past 6 months. And delays in internal and essential tool development schedules have made a steadily increasing workload more difficult to manage. So what do we do to help out the troops? That's right, we throw together a couple morale videos!

It began with AdSupport:

Video: Job Shadowing

 

Having finished the first video, of course we had to expand to BizOps:

Video: Living In Fear

 

In recognition of the stellar performances in these videos, at our all-hands meeting this past Monday we handed out the coveted Ugly Sumo award to Francis Yung, for his breakout performance in the BizOps video. Officially (in the press releases), the award was presented for "Best Dramatic Performance / Over-Acting in an OSG Team Morale Video, To The Best Of Our Knowledge." The Ugly Sumo, pictured atop this post, is a prestigious quarterly award within the BOAS organization, with varying qualifications. The first award was handed out for most unread technical books displayed on a desk (nice going Liz!), and the most recent winner was recognized for his fire alarm gaffe, forcing the entire building out onto the street until the fire department showed up to ensure no lives were lost, and to allow us back into the building (alright Joseph!). Thanks Mike for pulling together these videos for us!

And here are the Ugly Sumo nominees:

Video: Ugly Sumo Award