Article: 164688 of alt.sysadmin.recovery From: randy@bradakis.net (Randy the Random) Newsgroups: alt.sysadmin.recovery Approved: murkowski@senate.gov Subject: Re: And he wanted a job :-) Organization: Bradakis Network Research Laboratories Message-ID: References: <39da293f$0$62629$726baab@news.execpc.com> <39dde8dc$0$51203$392904a7@news.execpc.com> X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.8/32.548 X-No-Archive: yes MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cache-Post-Path: axilla.wwnet.net!unknown@max7-189.pontiac.usabestnet.net X-Cache: nntpcache 2.4.0b3 (see http://www.nntpcache.org/) Lines: 35 X-Abuse-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Complaints-To: support@usenetserver.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2000 13:09:31 EDT Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2000 13:08:53 -0400 Path: news.meer.net!nntp1.ba.best.com!news1.best.com!newsfeed.mathworks.com!europa.netcrusader.net!63.211.125.72!cyclone2.usenetserver.com!news-out.usenetserver.com!cyclone1.usenetserver.com!news-west.usenetserver.com.POSTED!not-for-mail Xref: news.meer.net alt.sysadmin.recovery:164688 Jamie Bowden leaked to the aliens: >On Tue, 10 Oct 2000, Mike Andrews wrote: > >> Scripsit Paul Tomko : >> : This is one of >> : those cases where management has decided "This will work whether it >> : works or not." >> >> We're the technical experts. We were hired so that management >> could ignore our recommendations and tell us how to do our jobs. > >I was fired from a job in the past for telling a CEO no, he didn't know >what he was talking about and this will not work. I'd do it again if it >came down to it. > >Jamie Bowden Almost a year ago to the day came "The Abigail Oath" as rephrased by Mike Sphar: "I am hired because I know what I am doing, not because I will do whatever I am told is a good idea. This might cost me bonuses, raises, promotions, and may even label me as "undesirable" by places I don't want to work at anyway, but I don't care. I will not compromise my own principles and judgement without putting up a fight. Of course, I won't always win, and I will sometimes be forced to do things I don't agree with, but if I am my objections will be known, and if I am shown to be right and problems later develop, I will shout "I told you so!" repeatedly, laugh hysterically, and do a small dance or jig as appropriate to my heritage." -- the Unsig