Re: Attention Experienced Professionals
Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2004 21:12:06 -0700
Message-ID: <g0jum09cb97u73evub9jn3huia2eu0r4ur_at_4ax.com>
"Marshall Spight" <mspight_at_dnai.com> wrote:
>"Joel Garry" <joel-garry_at_home.com> wrote in message news:91884734.0410141437.6c26b2cf_at_posting.google.com...
>> "Laconic2" <laconic2_at_comcast.net> wrote in message news:<a_KdnbaQdfJg9fPcRVn-hQ_at_comcast.com>...
>> >
>> > But mostly they needed to "get it" about databases, relations, tables, and
>> > indexes. Sometimes what they already knew was an obstacle to learning.
>> > Often, it was a help.
>>
>> Some small percentage never does get it. By now they've been kicked
>> up to management.
>
>Damn it! There's plenty of us in management who get it! Now
>back to work, you lazy programmer! By the way, your project
>estimates were all too high; I need final delivery by Thanksgiving.
>I've already promised sales you'd be done by then.
Is that a month and a half (U.S. Thanksgiving) or nearly a year (Canadian Thanksgiving)? (Thoughts of interesting uses for management if they are a bunch of turkeys.)
Sincerely,
Gene Wirchenko
Computerese Irregular Verb Conjugation:
I have preferences. You have biases. He/She has prejudices.Received on Fri Oct 15 2004 - 06:12:06 CEST