Ted, Yes sir I remember that...so true
Scott ford www.identityforge.com from my IPAD > On Jan 8, 2014, at 10:35 PM, Ted MacNEIL <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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 > [email protected] > Twitter: @TedMacNEIL > > -----Original Message----- > From: Mark Jacobs <[email protected]> > Sender: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> > Date: Wed, 8 Jan 2014 09:08:02 > To: <[email protected]> > Reply-To: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> > 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 [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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
