On Sunday, May 14, "Andy Glew" wrote:
>
> You must have a very uninteresting job, Toby,
> if all the work you do is officially supported.
Certainly not. Not all of my work is "sanctioned", nor
is all of it "officially supported", however...
> More than half of the work I do is skunkwork,
> unofficial, unsupported - and my bosses realize
> it, and thank me for it the maybe 25% of the
> time that my "extra" work turns out to be a good
> idea, and makes a few billion dollars.
So, what you are telling me is that you do the work
of 4 people for the price of 1. I do hope that they
pay you the salary of 4 people, and not the salary for
just 1. Then again, I suppose that $$$'s are not the
only "payment" that a company can make, there's work
conditions, vacation, etc, etc...
> "Unofficial" just means that I don't have a budget for it,
> can't hire IT to allocate space on a server, etc.
If it's your budget, make room for it. If it is not, make
someone else make room for it.
> It must be very boring to just do what you're told.
*laugh* it indeed would be, if I only did what I was told.
(If you wish to continue this, I'd be glad to, but off this
list...)
--Toby.
