Dave Salt wrote:
[snip]
I sympathize, I really do. I've encountered management like that before,
and unfortunately they seem to be becoming more and more commonplace. In
my experience, you have to sit them down and talk to them very gently to
make them understand how buying something can actually save money. For
example, a conversation might go like this:
[snip]
Wow. Your conversations go better than mine!
Me: I'd like to save your people months of
reading, trial and error, and hard work
to learn some skills they need now,
giving them some actual hands-on experience
in (topic_x) on your own system!
Prospect: go away.
hmmm.
Kind regards,
-Steve Comstock
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