>>>> Dealing with people (especially nontechnical people) is one of the
>>>> things about my current job that I hate the most. They have no clue 
>>>> what
>>>> they're talking about, no idea what they actually want, but they 
>>>> want it
>>>> 20 seconds ago, and if they don't get it, well that's just not good
>>>> enough and I don't give a damn how difficult it is for you. I *own* you
>>>> and you will do as you're told, bitch!
>>>
>>> You deal with some pretty crappy people, then.
>>
>> Yes. They're called "people". (And some folk wonder why I often try to 
>> avoid people...)
> 
> Look for a job where you mostly deal with technical people then.

I plan to.

> In my 
> line of work the customers I deal with on a daily basis are doing pretty 
> much the same job as me, same qualifications, same age range, same tools 
> etc, just on a different product for a different company.  I seem to get 
> on fine with all of them, we all understand what is possible and what 
> isn't, hardly ever is there any disagreement, and even when there is it 
> is very professional and we still end up having a good chat over a beer 
> and dinner later - usually the cheapest way to get some extra 
> information from the customers.

Now that sounds more like the kind of thing I want to be doing.

> I remember one meeting where we were given mass production approval for 
> our first project with this customer after almost two years of 
> Engineering work together - they had brought champagne and cake in for 
> everyone :-)

The cake is a lie.










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