On Tue, May 15, 2007 11:25 pm, Bob La Quey wrote: > I have a different perspective. > > Most of the problems described here devolve from one simple > decision. That is: I will be an employee of a large corporation. >
Ah, but they car write regular checks. > Please fellows, quit whining. You chose that turf. You know > what it involves. You get paid regularly. There are alternatives. > > Never did that, and paid the price, > Tried that alternative. Paid a fearsome price. > BobLQ "I whine to, but it sounds different." Just to you ... but you already knew that. /me notes Bob's tongue firmly in cheek. Bob's cheek, thank god. > > > On 5/16/07, Lan Barnes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> 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 >> > > > -- > [email protected] > http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list > -- Lan Barnes SCM Analyst Linux Guy Tcl/Tk Enthusiast Biodiesel Brewer -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
