On Fri, 16 Jun 2000, Nathan Torkington wrote:
>I think both approaches have their place. The hacker style (no
>bullshit, no politics) is good for problem solving, but is lousy for
>dealing with management who have fears, desires, and a need to feel
>important and smart.
Correct (or, I agree). The childishness consists of thinking that
the qualities which succeed in the programming domain succeed in
the world at large. Further childishness is also seen: being
proud of the fact that they aren't suceeding in a messy world
after all.
>The best solution, I think, is politics used to get the same outcome
>that hackers want. It seems to me, though, that most people with
>political savvy are not pushing the right technical solutions.
Perhaps they don't SEE eye to eye with hackers. For instance: maybe
you need to be meek to inherit.
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Tushar Samant
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