I remember, from the early 1980's, a quote along the lines of: If a SYSPROG hasn't p*ssed off at least one person a day, they aren't doing their job! - Ted MacNEIL eamacn...@yahoo.ca Twitter: @TedMacNEIL
-----Original Message----- From: Mark Jacobs <mark.jac...@custserv.com> Sender: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> Date: Wed, 8 Jan 2014 09:08:02 To: <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> Reply-To: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> Subject: Re: Scary Sysprogs I agree. If you've never failed, you haven't tried hard enough to grow yourself. On 01/08/14 09:05, Govind Chettiar wrote: > It's pretty creativity-stifling to work in a company where the threat of > being fired looms. If one works for a firm that has annual RIFs just as a > matter of practice and one is constantly in fear of setting a foot wrong lest > one get on that list, then one is not going to do anything more than the bare > minimum. No one wants to work a single extra minute in that kind of > environment. Absent such a fear, one is more willing to take risks, be > innovative. > > -- Mark Jacobs Time Customer Service Tampa, FL ---- The quiet ones are the ones that change the universe... The loud ones only take the credit. Londo Mollari - Babylon 5 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
