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Manager's Schedule vs. Maker's Schedule
theodp writes "Ever wonder why you and the boss don't see eye-to-eye on the importance of meetings? Paul Graham explains that there are Maker Schedules (coder) and Manager Schedules (PHB), and the two are very different. With each day neatly cut into one-hour intervals, the Manager Schedule is for bosses and is tailor-made for schmoozing. Unfortunately, it spells disaster for people who make things, like programmers and writers, who generally prefer to use time in units of half a day at least. You can't write or program well in units of an hour, says Graham, since that's barely enough time to get started. So if you fall into the Maker camp, adds Graham, you better hope your boss is smart enough to recognize that you need long chunks of time to work in. How's that working out in your world?" Ironically enough, I have a meeting to attend in three minutes.
How the hell am I a "Troll" for this? I can't think of _anything_ I said that could be construed as intentionally or unintentionally offensive. Boring, maybe, but Trollish? WTF?
Something odd is going on, most of the early comments got modded troll.
Nerd rage is the funniest rage.
That's easy: Moderators are either (a) making stupid mistakes, (b) like modding people troll, or (c) are trolls themselves. Meta-moderation was supposed to prevent that sort of thing, but my impression has been (given some of the mods I've seen) that they aren't covering enough of the moderations to make a difference, or the trolling moderators are gaming meta-moderation.
I am officially gone from