Hmm, I believe I have come to the conclusion that it makes no sense for me to go…
The last time I went, the only engineers here were myself and the president. We had nobody in charge of service. Now, I am developing a system that is totally new to OGSI, I am supervising 2 engineering interns, and overseeing the construction of over a million dollars worth of systems for a single customer. We also have moved our former purchaser to the position of service manager, and she has done some small-scale travel already to service our systems. Also, due to the fact that nobody else with the ability to perform the work has any skin in the game, the president is going to a startup in Nigeria soon.
So both the Service Manager going while I stay here adding value or the president stopping in Angola while he’s already in Africa make more sense than sending me away for 7-10 days when I have so much going on here.