Confidently pretending/bluffing/just-being beats browbeating/evangelizing/
asking-permission every time. Works more often and kicks up less dust.
q: We need someone to go to the Biloxi office and fix the routers.
a1: You don't think they'll mind me going because they're all rednecks
and I'm a woman?
q: We need someone to go to the Biloxi office and fix the routers.
a2: Okay, I'll do it.
Nevermind about gender relations:
q: Can you teach a DBI::Oracle class for me?
a1: Well, I've never done it before, but if it's okay with you,
I'll be glad to wing it.
q: Can you teach a DBI::Oracle class for me?
a2: Sure.
I'm most impressed by people who don't wear their attributes --
gender, race, education, whatever -- on their sleeves. At least in
the American melting pot, it's rarely necessary.
-joseph
