On Tue, May 15, 2007 4:32 pm, kelsey hudson wrote: > Paul G. Allen wrote: >> Corporate decision making is only about avoiding blame when performed by >> those who should never be making the decision in the first place. That's >> not what it's about, but instead it's how it's turned out in too many >> cases. > > Wise and Great PGA, your words speak truth. I couldn't have said it > better myself. > > -Kelsey > >
To me, it cuts both ways. OTOneH, I have been privy to veeps making business decisions showing me that there are many valid criteria beyond my own myopic techie insights. This is eye-opening. OTOtherH, I have seen that corporate/tech management cowards like to get the techies to take a lead: if it works, they take credit; if it fails, they disavow it. My take home: I will never ever EVER again recommend a tool set, suggest a design, or make any technical recommendation without getting witnessed and documented sign-on by a spectrum of others. Sometimes things don't work out, and that's OK, but I'm through being the sacrificial lamb. "Please get your fingerprints HERE and HERE ..." -- Lan Barnes SCM Analyst Linux Guy Tcl/Tk Enthusiast Biodiesel Brewer -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
