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  • RE: Handling Inconvenient Requests

    colin.s.allen (10/15/2014)


    ...I've had too many occasions where I've stayed until 7pm and call them only to be told they left the office as soon as they had passed the buck.

    I...

  • RE: Handling Inconvenient Requests

    Dalkeith (10/15/2014)


    ...Also I hope that it encourages others to be cleaner (no evidence for this though) but in my imagination it sets up a positive feedback loop.

    I think that in...

  • RE: Handling Inconvenient Requests

    RP1966 (10/15/2014)


    ...One of the things that I don't think has been mentioned is that where you are part of a team you also need to be wary of setting a...

  • RE: Handling Inconvenient Requests

    It is a common tactic, that I too employ, to be helpful until the requestor asks one too many times (when they haven't needed to). Then you can fall back...

  • RE: Mercenary

    trevor.adams (10/14/2014)


    I think there are two levels here.

    Day-to-day I think you value things like how challenging or interesting your work is. And also, of course, you value working for a...

  • RE: Fine Products for the Modern Drudge

    Robert.Sterbal (10/13/2014)


    Gary,

    Can you point me to your favorite study about the 40 hour work week?

    Sure, there is an early academic paper here and a website written by Stanford students here[/url].

    If...

  • RE: Mercenary

    As a freelancer there is always a mercenary element. I will take the next appropriate role to ensure that the bills are paid and that there is food on the...

  • RE: Fine Products for the Modern Drudge

    Meow Now (10/13/2014)


    I recently went back to a company known for work/life balance because my enthusiastic attempt at living the Silicone dream burned me out in about 6 months. I've...

  • RE: Document, then Install

    chrisn-585491 (10/13/2014)


    Maybe it take considerable skill to imagine a system correctly?

    This is part of being a professional. It's also a sign of a mature community the computer industry is becoming.

    Most...

  • RE: Document, then Install

    Ed Wagner (10/13/2014)


    Gary Varga (10/13/2014)


    Good point hjp. I would still argue that the documentation should still be created in advance and blanks filled during installation. Leaving it to afterwards is...

  • RE: Document, then Install

    Good point hjp. I would still argue that the documentation should still be created in advance and blanks filled during installation. Leaving it to afterwards is likely to leave gapping...

  • RE: Document, then Install

    There are many benefits of documenting an action before performing it:

      1) Documentation gets done.
      2) Documentation is tested/validated.
      3) Key items get documented.

    You could almost replace documentation with tests.

  • RE: Fine Products for the Modern Drudge

    What? No products to aid presenteeism!!!

    The ultimate forward looking Silconite will be using the products from the article and combining them with presenteeism products to maintain a 23 hour working...

  • RE: Fun Data Analysis

    Eric M Russell (10/10/2014)


    BWFC (10/10/2014)


    ...

    But it's in the Daily Mail, it must be true. Are you suggesting that what they publish may not be entirely accurate. My whole...

  • RE: File transfer failing with no error returned

    Any joy?

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