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And when something DOES affect you directly, it's easy to lose your objectivity.:-)
Rick
If you do a half-assed job of things, folks will ask 'why did this ass only do half the job?'
April 2, 2014 at 11:42 am
Wow, just...WOW
Rick
If you do a half-assed job of things, folks will ask 'why did this ass only do half the job?'
April 1, 2014 at 3:41 pm
Tom, you make good and valid observations about the supply of technical people when I (we?) started in IT. My college had a small computer, but it was buried...
Rick
If you do a half-assed job of things, folks will ask 'why did this ass only do half the job?'
April 1, 2014 at 3:32 pm
Goofy, please understand that the concept of socioeconomic status has been around for decades and is a legitimate sociological term ( Sociology was actually my degree field ). Just...
Rick
If you do a half-assed job of things, folks will ask 'why did this ass only do half the job?'
April 1, 2014 at 3:18 pm
GilaMonster (4/1/2014)
skeleton567 (4/1/2014)
Let me relate my real own experience with yardsticks. The largest salary increase I ever achieved without changing jobs was by using MY OWN yardstick.
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Rick
If you do a half-assed job of things, folks will ask 'why did this ass only do half the job?'
April 1, 2014 at 11:35 am
"That has worked for me with some managers that appreciate what I'm doing.
In other cases my stance has been - I'm being paid well under the industry average, and this...
Rick
If you do a half-assed job of things, folks will ask 'why did this ass only do half the job?'
April 1, 2014 at 10:06 am
"We want to be measured with the same yardstick, not a shorter one because 'oh, you can't handle what we do', not a longer one because 'oh, we can't possibly...
Rick
If you do a half-assed job of things, folks will ask 'why did this ass only do half the job?'
April 1, 2014 at 8:04 am
Now that's believable. 😀
Rick
If you do a half-assed job of things, folks will ask 'why did this ass only do half the job?'
April 1, 2014 at 6:07 am
Hey, I'm with you SSCrazy. I'll take a shot at summarizing.
I think WIT and other such sideline organizations are truly asking for a DIFFERENT 'yardstick', as you wisely point...
Rick
If you do a half-assed job of things, folks will ask 'why did this ass only do half the job?'
March 31, 2014 at 8:12 pm
"The real divide in this nation, I feel, is income disparity; poverty isn't choosy about who it afflicts."
This whole new argument based on income disparity is mind-boggling to any rational...
Rick
If you do a half-assed job of things, folks will ask 'why did this ass only do half the job?'
March 31, 2014 at 2:15 pm
"But where we part company is that you seem to think we should extrapolate your own experience - as positive and as uplifting as it is - to every other...
Rick
If you do a half-assed job of things, folks will ask 'why did this ass only do half the job?'
March 31, 2014 at 1:33 pm
"I think what skeleton567 may be trying to say is that the NAME of the group perpetuates stereotypes. If instead of "Women in Technology" the group was called "Breaking Barriers...
Rick
If you do a half-assed job of things, folks will ask 'why did this ass only do half the job?'
March 31, 2014 at 12:49 pm
I felt the condescension was in the "I assumed you'd be able to figure that out for yourself."
"No, it was in the 'Wow, that really is pretty goofy. Sounds like...
Rick
If you do a half-assed job of things, folks will ask 'why did this ass only do half the job?'
March 31, 2014 at 12:39 pm
"I wonder if we might encourage people to enter technology professions, not on the basis of their race or gender, but on the basis of their socioeconomic status?"
Wow, that really...
Rick
If you do a half-assed job of things, folks will ask 'why did this ass only do half the job?'
March 31, 2014 at 11:42 am
"I wonder if we might encourage people to enter technology professions, not on the basis of their race or gender, but on the basis of their socioeconomic status?"
Wow, that really...
Rick
If you do a half-assed job of things, folks will ask 'why did this ass only do half the job?'
March 31, 2014 at 11:06 am
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