Re: Delphi 2.0 vs. Powerbuilder 5.0

Jolyon Smith <smitj_at_platinum.com> wrote:

>Chuck Hamilton wrote:
>>
>> Bryan Keller <bryan_at_seigler.com> wrote:
>>
>> >I loved your post, and I totally agree. Since when is doing something
>> >you don't want to do so you can make more money a sign of maturity? Very
>> >shallow.
>>
>> When you realize that you need the money more than personal
>> gratification. Like when you've got a family to feed, a car to pay
>> off, and a mortgage.
>>
>
>So get into the drugs/porn/arms/slavery trades - make loads of money
>and damn the consequences!
>
>If you find this an unsavoury prospect, think about exactly why -
>because it is unsavoury to *you* (there are plenty of people involved
>in these trades so it _must_ be a personal decision). Then think about
>what you are telling people who have a little faith in their own
>convictions on this matter: That you are right absolutely, and we
>are all being childish?
>
>I repeat - think again about what it is you are saying!
>
>
>> Actually, I think the original point was more along the line of a
>> stubborn child saying:
>>
>> "If you don't let me have things my way, I'll..."
>> (a) "hold my breath till I turn blue".
>> (b) "throw a temper tantrum"
>> (c) "take my ball and go home"
>> (d) insert your favorite childish action here
>
>It had nothing to do with these obvisouly childish resposnes. It was
>precisely along the lines of:
>
> "If a change is forced onto me that I do not wish to make, "
> "I will leave."
>
>This was not expressed as a threat, simply as a statement of fact.
>People such as yourselves consider this childish when compared to:
>
> "If you wish to make me do something I do not want to do, just pay"
> "me enough money and I'll shut up, no matter."

Excuse me, but there's a BIG difference between compomising moral principals and leaving a job just because you can't have things your way. I agree with the original poster. It's childish. Adults don't act that way.

Any job you take's eventually going to include something or someone that you don't like. Quitting isn't the solution. Not for mature adults.

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Chuck Hamilton
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If at first you don't succeed, sky-diving isn't for you.