Gabe and Shmuel, I have had some of the best experiences and made friends in the horror stories places I worked. Adversity seems to be a bonding element IMHO
Scott ford www.identityforge.com Tell me and I'll forget; show me and I may remember; involve me and I'll understand. - Chinese Proverb On Dec 21, 2012, at 9:38 AM, Gabe Goldberg <[email protected]> wrote: > Maybe you didn't read to the end, last sentence: "And finally, a useful > if-all-else-fails suggestion from another experienced practitioner: Outlast > bad management". ;-) > > More seriously, there's obviously no quick fix for bad/clueless/toxic > management. Not profound ideas, but do the > best you can under the circumstances, (try to) understand why things are the > way they are, (try to) communicate and inculcate best practices, (try to) > change jobs, retire. >> Shmuel Metz said: >>> >Career Advice: Resolve to support and advance your mainframe career >>> >in 2013 >>> >http://destinationz.org/Mainframe-Solution/Business-Case/Resolve-to-Support-and-Advance-Your-Mainframe-Care.aspx >> A couple of comments. >> >> Sometimes there are institutional obstacles to practices that would be >> otherwise desirable, e.g., management that opposes code reviews, >> organizations that compartmentalize. What are the strategies for >> dealing with those? >> >> Reminiscing is not always nostalgia; sometimes it is horror stories >> about "the good old days." > > > -- > Gabriel Goldberg, Computers and Publishing, Inc. [email protected] > 3401 Silver Maple Place, Falls Church, VA 22042 (703) 204-0433 > LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/gabegold Twitter: GabeG0 > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
