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We pretend to read tech forums for information, but really it's about the entertainment value. Here's an extract from one slashdot post:
Re:It depends on your perspective
by iocat (572367) Alter Relationship on Saturday November 25, @04:12PM (#16986536)
Good managers should be able to tell when they're being flim-flammed, regardless of their technical expertise, by the way their team responds to them. That said, they should also be able to suss out when they should let something go, because they're being flim-flammed for a reason (such as: the original request was retarded, and it's easier to flim-flam than actually implement something dumb, or some other reason).
Not at all saying I'm a good manager, but I once asked someone to do something, and they explained to me very earnestly that it couldn't be done until some other guy did something (and that guy was gone for the weekend). Since "other guy" was way more junior, and this guy was very talented and generally very eager to tackle any task, I knew something was up, and it was -- his girlfriend was coming in from out of town about 20 minutes later and he wanted to get out of Dodge. That was when he was new (now he'd be like "dude, gf coming to town, can't do it now") but it does illustrate the scenario I'm presenting.
On the larger issue, I always like it when my managers have at least a vague clue about what I'm talking about. They don't need to know details, but they should get the general idea of what we do and how we do it.
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Dude, I think I can see my house from here.
Re:It depends on your perspective
by ray-auch (454705) Alter Relationship on Saturday November 25, @04:44PM (#16986782)
Say what ? You hire techies who have girlfriends ?
Why ? Why take the productivity hit when there's such a massive pool of talented geek labour* that is never going to have this problem ?
*large parts of it reading right here...
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Re:It depends on your perspective
by ray-auch (454705) Alter Relationship on Saturday November 25, @07:07PM (#16987816)
No no no, _married_ is the best of all worlds.
Not only are they (for the most part) not going out looking for it, but the fact that the other half _is_ local (and waiting for them at home) actually seems to make them more likely to want to pull all-nighters.
[ me, cynical, nah ! :-) ]
Well, I know you were expecting me to break the silence with something more exciting, but I enjoyed this. On my trip to New York’s main post office, I discovered these postal machines. They have scales and accept credit and debit cards so you can pay for postage and then just drop the package or letter in the mail box.
The stamps are printed on adhesive label paper with QR codes. Neato!
I did a shoot for Soma magazine today. The pics are amazing! Here is a sneaky, cheeky self portrait. (That’s not something coming out of my hair, it’s part of a clothing rack in the background) The shoot was for the December issue so I imagine it will be out by the end of the month.
I have been a little busy lately, hence the lack of posting, but I did manage to catch up with long time buddy Jeff over the weekend.
One of the highlights was being picked out of the line for exlcusive hot spot Cain and ushered straight in. Somehow the “I’m a model” look doesn’t carry the same cachet in Calgary.
A few snaps to keep you busy while I get the Halloween stuff together.
