I couldn't agree more... and to answer your questions, tools and time mgmt allow me to be part of this great list, not a lack of work on the job...
Larry Letterman Cisco Systems [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kevin Cullimore" To: Sent: Sunday, April 14, 2002 3:06 PM Subject: Re: CCIE Written Reading.. [7:41017] > I'm a little frightened at the equation of expressing corporate values with > managerial authority. If the organization is subject to such catastrophic > change due to personal whims or poorly-planned reactions to clearly > discernible macroecenomic trends, I'm not sure their issues and/or plight > are worth your attention/ire. > > The higher up someone resides within a corporate structure, the more > valuable their "networking" (meant to invoke the non-technical use of the > term) skills are likely to be. > > On balance, I'd MUCH PREFER the scenario in which managers participate in > newsgroups to exploit the interaction potential and make good use of their > time rather than the situation you depict. In this case, I suspect we're > dealing with an individual not neccessarily associated with the management > hierarchy who merely manages their time well enough to accomodate these > online conversations. > > On a technical note, if more people paid attention to the free HT upgrade or > sought out an acceptable alternative, helpdesks would either find themselves > free to work on more interesting problems or pare themselves down to the > margin that you and your compatriots scream out for. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: > To: > Sent: Sunday, April 14, 2002 4:39 AM > Subject: Re: CCIE Written Reading.. [7:41017] > > > > Quoting Larry Letterman : > > > > > ...... altho we wont do layoffs..we are not > > > replacing any body that leaves or does not make it on the performance > > > issues... > > > > > > Hey Larry, > > > > Who is "we"? > > Are you telling me that you are a mangager or a director at Cisco with the > > power to hire and fire? > > and even at a managerial position you do not have enough work to do other > > than > > surf and chat and evaluate Hyper Terminals? > > > > You must be kidding me, you are not a manger at Cisco, are you? > > Or, may be you are. > > > > A Strobel > > > > > > > > -_-_-_ Mail3000 gives you 30 Megs of Email space free -_-_- > > This mail sent through http://mail3000.com/ Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=41452&t=41017 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
