At 01:22 AM 11/27/02 -0500, Erik Reuter wrote:
On Wed, Nov 27, 2002 at 12:19:18AM -0600, Dan Minette wrote: > No, actually.Ah, then you have the data where you recorded all the solutions you have come up with over a long period of time, and how many were while working, and how many were while goofing? I'd like to see that data. > Its a technique. I deliberately know that I have to stop working when > a problem needs a creative solution. I remember roaming the halls at > Teleco looking at this and that. A VP caught me wandering, gave a > look at my distracted expression, and said "thinking, huh?" "Yup" was > my answer, and we both passed each other with smiles. How is that not working?
It _is_ working.
The problem would have arisen if the VP did not recognize that it was "working". Unfortunately, many bosses would _not_ recognize it as "working", because Dan was not at his desk actually typing something into his computer, which is the _boss's_ idea of what a programmer is supposed to be doing from 0800 to 1700. Or even if Dan's immediate boss _did_ recognize wandering the halls to think as "working", Dan's boss's boss might call Dan's boss into his office and ask him why one of his people was out wandering the halls "goofing off" rather than "working" -- i.e., sitting at his desk typing on his keyboard -- thereby earning both Dan and his boss a "ding" in the eyes of the big boss. And guess where the big boss will look first when _his_ boss tells him that the company has not met projections this quarter and he has to lay off 5% or 10% of the people under him . . .
GSV Those Who Can, Do: Those Who Can't Do, End Up In Management
ROU Been There, Done That
VFP Like The Time I Was In A Ten-Man Department And The Company Decided To Have A Ten-Per-Cent Across-The-Board RIF
(Why is it called a "Reduction In Force" rather than a "Reduction In Personnel"?)
--Ronn! :)
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I never dreamed that I would see the last.
--Dr. Jerry Pournelle
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