Scott:
A *LONG* time ago we had a company here in town that was FAMOUS for
screwing its people and was constantly making changes to MVS via
zaps. They also had a high turnover in its people (sysprogs). A
headhunter approached me and tried to get me to go out for an
interview and I refused in fact the argument got so heated that I
shut the headhunter down and basically fired him. A few years later
one of the sysprogs quit where I worked and went out there to work
and about a month later he was back asking for his own job back
(which he got).
I never asked him why but he just let us know the place was a zoo,
Ed
On Dec 21, 2012, at 10:00 AM, Scott Ford wrote:
Gave,
Also experience some bad management here and aboard. Same common
thread,
Managers who don't listen to highly qualified techies. Those that
do, are understanding of the techie and what they deal with.
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 10:50 AM, Scott Ford <[email protected]>
wrote:
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
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