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>> Sounds like you got a good deal out of it!
>
> I don't like problems like this. I much prefer easy, open
> discussion.
Well, yes, that's far better...
> I love doing my job, it's people that suck...
Heh, I'm sure a lot of people have that problem.
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>> Actually, wait - any half-decent manager should still be able to spot
>> this one. OK, you win the point.
>
> Well, not really; the boss I had who got sacked (who I mentioned earlier
> today) was hired by the guy who hired me. Randall (not his real name -
> but I need to call the boss who was fired something) was quite the
> salesman; he could've sold snowballs to eskimos.
Most of the managers my company employs are excellent at selling
themselves. Which is just as well, because they suck at everything else!
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On Wed, 03 Feb 2010 18:33:09 +0000, Orchid XP v8 wrote:
>>> Actually, wait - any half-decent manager should still be able to spot
>>> this one. OK, you win the point.
>>
>> Well, not really; the boss I had who got sacked (who I mentioned
>> earlier today) was hired by the guy who hired me. Randall (not his
>> real name - but I need to call the boss who was fired something) was
>> quite the salesman; he could've sold snowballs to eskimos.
>
> Most of the managers my company employs are excellent at selling
> themselves. Which is just as well, because they suck at everything else!
LOL, everyone's gotta have at least one thing they're good at. :-)
Jim
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>> Most of the managers my company employs are excellent at selling
>> themselves. Which is just as well, because they suck at everything else!
>
> LOL, everyone's gotta have at least one thing they're good at. :-)
So what am *I* good at?
Oh yeah: worrying. :-/
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On Wed, 03 Feb 2010 18:53:57 +0000, Orchid XP v8 wrote:
> So what am *I* good at?
Lots of stuff, see all the previous threads where we've told you. :-)
> Oh yeah: worrying. :-/
Well, that's a skill, too - but one that you shouldn't focus a lot of
time on developing further. ;-)
Jim
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Jim Henderson wrote:
> I had an e-mail earlier today from a developer I work with who wrote a
> single run-on sentence about a two-line code change he was making; it
> wasn't clear to me what it was he was intending to accomplish with this
> (though I could - and did - guess, I've found it's best to be clear up
> front before coding begins with this developer), so I restated it back to
> him with "do I understand that this will [....]" and he sent me a one-
> word reply: YES.
>
Great! I wonder what his documentation is like, if he does any.
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>> Oh yeah: worrying. :-/
>
> Well, that's a skill, too - but one that you shouldn't focus a lot of
> time on developing further. ;-)
....IT'S POSSIBLE TO DEVELOP FURTHER THAN THIS?? O_O
I'm SO not trying that!
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DungBeatle wrote:
>I never wrote it... He hasn't spoken to me in over a year now.
>
>
Jammy B ;-)
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On 3-2-2010 19:29, Orchid XP v8 wrote:
>>> Sounds like you got a good deal out of it!
>>
>> I don't like problems like this. I much prefer easy, open
>> discussion.
>
> Well, yes, that's far better...
>
>> I love doing my job, it's people that suck...
>
> Heh, I'm sure a lot of people have that problem.
There's also a lot that don't.
Most of the colleagues at my work are sort of friends and I always had
good contact with the patients.
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On Wed, 03 Feb 2010 20:48:36 +0000, Stephen wrote:
> Jim Henderson wrote:
>
>> I had an e-mail earlier today from a developer I work with who wrote a
>> single run-on sentence about a two-line code change he was making; it
>> wasn't clear to me what it was he was intending to accomplish with this
>> (though I could - and did - guess, I've found it's best to be clear up
>> front before coding begins with this developer), so I restated it back
>> to him with "do I understand that this will [....]" and he sent me a
>> one- word reply: YES.
>>
> Great! I wonder what his documentation is like, if he does any.
Difficult to read at best, nonexistent at worst. Which reminds me, I had
meant to mention that his latest svn commits were done improperly. <sigh>
Jim
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