no no no, you guys are playing the game wrong. i bring my 32oz Easton (tm) black magic baseball bat to these meetings. i don't have problems getting my way.
the truth is weak, we need to help it get heard! woodchuck --- Simon Chappell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Actually, it *can* be a liability to mention anything that management > don't want spoken of. For example: we're about to start a selection > process for a continuous integration tool and someone (name withheld > to protect the innocent, but it wasn't me) mentioned (name of tool > withheld to protect the innocent). Management immediately went into > damage limitation and spin control mode. It would have been funny if > it wasn't so sad. > > > On Wed, 9 Mar 2005 06:51:33 -0800, Dakota Jack > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Whatever the corporate game, it would not be a liability to know > the > > respective merits of various frameworks in making a presentation. > If > > someone with authority or with the money decides they want to do > > something I don't like, that has never impacted me. The only time > I > > have really suffered is either from my ignorance or my arrogance. > So, > > I have suffered a lot! LOL > > > > Jack > > > > On Wed, 9 Mar 2005 09:22:57 -0500, Fogleson, Allen > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Yeap that is the game. I have been a first option kind of guy for > a long > > > time. This particular project was not mine at inception, or > > > construction, I ended up with it in my lap at transition time. > > > Unfortunately for me I had to do the apologizing/explaining :) > > > > > > Al > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Simon Chappell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2005 8:18 AM > > > To: Struts Users Mailing List > > > Subject: Re: MVC Frameworks > > > > > > Ahh yes, the ol' architecture approval game. I have played this > game > > > so often that it's not even funny anymore. And it's always at big > > > companies. Sigh. > > > > > > The only options are 1) comply and get very little done or 2) > slip > > > into stealth mode, get things done and then appologise like crazy > > > after they discover what you did. For most people I recommend the > > > first option. I dabbled with the second option for a while, but > then > > > my employer declared that downloading unauthorised software could > be > > > grounds for dismissal. I'm strictly a first option kinda guy now. > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > -- > > "You can lead a horse to water but you cannot make it float on its > back." > > ~Dakota Jack~ > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > __________________________________ Celebrate Yahoo!'s 10th Birthday! Yahoo! Netrospective: 100 Moments of the Web http://birthday.yahoo.com/netrospective/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
