PMP isn't about Project Management. It's about documenting Project Management the PMP way.
It isn't about how to build relationships, discover resources, understanding organizational constraints, personality driven obstacles or advantages, analysis, gathering accurate statuses, understanding how tasks impact each other beyond the concept of prerequisites, etc.
You can be a world class project manager without a PMP. But if you aren't a already a project manager, a PMP ain't gonna make you one.
I work for a major defense contractor. I mean big.
We had a guy that was here long before I arrived. He worked with the top level management and was very well regarded.
He did not re-install windows. He did not program. He did not configure switches, routers, or firewalls. He did not build computers, install servers, or anything else.
So what good was he?
He knew everyone who could do these things. He knew all the policies and procedures and work flows. He knew how all of these disciplines interacted. He knew the right way to set up infrastructure for the best supportability and growth. He knew how to get priorities changed to get support to your project.
If you had an outage of any kind and had 100 people on the manufacturing floor idle, he was the one you called. He coordinated all the disciplines and made sure the problem got resolved.
But he was an old guy who didn't have current skills, so what the fuck use was he, eh?
Maybe this new IT manager should sit down with management and find out why these two have such goodwill. Then talk to them and find out what they really do.
A practical example is protection from violence and intimidation by those more powerful.
Ironically, that doesn't apply to internet access since there are multiple opportunities to get that and you enter into any agreement voluntarily. But it DOES apply to government since you are subject to the power of the government always and the government definitely does use violence and intimidation.
So Gameboy is actually arguing for protection from the government, not internet providers.
Without competent people to receive materials and inspect them, the business is dead in the water. My company had had quite a hard time finding competent people who can understand the manufacturing system, the various technicalities required to inspect materials for conformity, etc. Without these people, product could not be built.
Same for shipping. We have no less than 6 major shipping companies we use. Each has separate packing requirements, documentation requirements, schedules and rates. Add to that the fact that the product is highly sensitive and requires reams of documentation, and special handling and packaging. While it's no rocket science, it's definitely not burger flipping.
As someone who has watched a 737 at Ontario Airport land with a ground speed of around 30 MPH...yes, the Santa Ana winds to reach those speeds. They just seemed to hover above the runway sometimes.
That's the problem with these kinds of studies. They take the worst of the worst conditions and then try to apply the conclusions to planet as a whole.
So, what they want to say is that my Power stroke Diesel Pickup should be outlawed because in China or India, pollution is crazy bad in densely populated cities.
More and more people are using Rube Goldberg logical arguments to derive some kind of statement that X is Bad.
The argument usually has an excessive number of premises, each premise depending on the previous, and bordering on, if not explicitly, being a non sequitur.
Somewhere, someone probably has created a proof that shows that the likelihood of an argument being correct diminishes with the number of premises it requires.
It's not a bipartisan fuck up. It's Obama's fuck up.
He couldn't just work for a law that pertains to data and a simple prohibition on "shaping" or restricting. He had to go full stupid and chose a route that ended up essentially putting the feds in control.
If he had proposed a law that just addressed the concern of preferential data speeds, and only that concern, it would have had a chance.
When Obama decreed Net Neutrality he of course fucked it up. Instead of getting new laws passed, he simply had the FCC implement rules treating them like Common Carriers.
The problem with that is a Common Carrier status comes with a boatload of other, unrelated baggage and also results in the Federal Government having defacto control over the internet. Far from Obama's net neutrality returning us to the days of the Wild West, it laid the ground work for complete federal control over it.
What needs to be done is a brand New Law specific to data services that prohibits any kind of traffic shaping or other restrictions.
1. If you sell X speed. That must be available to the user 24/7. 2. If you can't do that, expand your capacity.
This is the same reality faced by Bill Gates, Bezos, Musk, Buffet, etc.
Billionaires don't have a billion dollars. In fact their actual income is quite modest compared to what you think when you say, "Billionaire". Wealth doesn't mean cash in your bank account.
To be sure, they have NO financial hardship, even if they spend like idiots. But they don't "have" a billion dollars in cash.
What are you going to do, throw a bike lock at me?
You assholes gave up you guns a long time ago. The only people you have left that actually knows how a gun works, shoots them sideways and with one hand since the other hand is holding up their pants. Some Hipster in Skinny Jeans is going to fight a war? ROFLMAO!
I predict that if any one of you actually shows up to the fight, managers to figure out how a gun works, and doesn't get head shot at 300 yards by a Good ol' boy with his deer rifle, will run away at the first shot.
So you can take your Nazi, bullshit comment, shove it up you ass and then go die in a car fire, trapped behind the wheel, squealing like a pig.
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Meh...I started down that path.
PMP isn't about Project Management. It's about documenting Project Management the PMP way.
It isn't about how to build relationships, discover resources, understanding organizational constraints, personality driven obstacles or advantages, analysis, gathering accurate statuses, understanding how tasks impact each other beyond the concept of prerequisites, etc.
You can be a world class project manager without a PMP. But if you aren't a already a project manager, a PMP ain't gonna make you one.
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I work for a major defense contractor. I mean big.
We had a guy that was here long before I arrived. He worked with the top level management and was very well regarded.
He did not re-install windows. He did not program. He did not configure switches, routers, or firewalls. He did not build computers, install servers, or anything else.
So what good was he?
He knew everyone who could do these things.
He knew all the policies and procedures and work flows.
He knew how all of these disciplines interacted.
He knew the right way to set up infrastructure for the best supportability and growth.
He knew how to get priorities changed to get support to your project.
If you had an outage of any kind and had 100 people on the manufacturing floor idle, he was the one you called. He coordinated all the disciplines and made sure the problem got resolved.
But he was an old guy who didn't have current skills, so what the fuck use was he, eh?
Maybe this new IT manager should sit down with management and find out why these two have such goodwill. Then talk to them and find out what they really do.
Did I not mention that we had a hard time finding someone who could and would fill the position?
Let me just leave this very special Fuck You right here for you.
Later feel free to die in a car fire, trapped behind the wheel, screaming like the feral little pig you are.
Then, have a nice day.
If you voluntarily commit to something, then you have only yourself to blame.
Pointing out similarities between certain segments of society and Orwell's 1984 novel is now considered cliche these days.
Sad.
A practical example is protection from violence and intimidation by those more powerful.
Ironically, that doesn't apply to internet access since there are multiple opportunities to get that and you enter into any agreement voluntarily. But it DOES apply to government since you are subject to the power of the government always and the government definitely does use violence and intimidation.
So Gameboy is actually arguing for protection from the government, not internet providers.
Homeless dude's Resume:
Participated in Anti-Trump Rally. Looked very upset.
Participated in BLM Rally. Looked very sincere.
Participated in Climate Rally. Looked very scared.
Participated in Net Neutrality Rally. Looked very confused.
Which is actually rather stupid.
Without competent people to receive materials and inspect them, the business is dead in the water. My company had had quite a hard time finding competent people who can understand the manufacturing system, the various technicalities required to inspect materials for conformity, etc. Without these people, product could not be built.
Same for shipping. We have no less than 6 major shipping companies we use. Each has separate packing requirements, documentation requirements, schedules and rates. Add to that the fact that the product is highly sensitive and requires reams of documentation, and special handling and packaging. While it's no rocket science, it's definitely not burger flipping.
There's a lot of stupid packed into not that many words.
Have you considered apply for a position at Winzip?
As someone who has watched a 737 at Ontario Airport land with a ground speed of around 30 MPH ...yes, the Santa Ana winds to reach those speeds. They just seemed to hover above the runway sometimes.
Don't be so sure
As soon as a humanoid robot is perfected, the only value people will have is knowing where the aim points are.
But it's so effective on Antifa punks.
That's the problem with these kinds of studies. They take the worst of the worst conditions and then try to apply the conclusions to planet as a whole.
So, what they want to say is that my Power stroke Diesel Pickup should be outlawed because in China or India, pollution is crazy bad in densely populated cities.
More and more people are using Rube Goldberg logical arguments to derive some kind of statement that X is Bad.
The argument usually has an excessive number of premises, each premise depending on the previous, and bordering on, if not explicitly, being a non sequitur.
Somewhere, someone probably has created a proof that shows that the likelihood of an argument being correct diminishes with the number of premises it requires.
By the time they ramp up another 100,000 AI developers, AI's will have taken their jobs.
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Ahhhhh!"
"Deeper!"
"More!"
"Keep going!"
"Don't stop!"
"Faster!"
"ooooooaaaaaahhhheeeeeeiiiiiiii!"
"Now get off me"
It's not a bipartisan fuck up. It's Obama's fuck up.
He couldn't just work for a law that pertains to data and a simple prohibition on "shaping" or restricting. He had to go full stupid and chose a route that ended up essentially putting the feds in control.
If he had proposed a law that just addressed the concern of preferential data speeds, and only that concern, it would have had a chance.
So when do you graduate High School?
They have bigger problems...such as selling something called, "unlimited" while limiting it in several ways.
Blocking FaceTime is only one of the things they did to keep from blowing up their network.
When Obama decreed Net Neutrality he of course fucked it up. Instead of getting new laws passed, he simply had the FCC implement rules treating them like Common Carriers.
The problem with that is a Common Carrier status comes with a boatload of other, unrelated baggage and also results in the Federal Government having defacto control over the internet. Far from Obama's net neutrality returning us to the days of the Wild West, it laid the ground work for complete federal control over it.
What needs to be done is a brand New Law specific to data services that prohibits any kind of traffic shaping or other restrictions.
1. If you sell X speed. That must be available to the user 24/7.
2. If you can't do that, expand your capacity.
Even with a hostile take over, most of the consideration is in the form of shares.
This is the same reality faced by Bill Gates, Bezos, Musk, Buffet, etc.
Billionaires don't have a billion dollars. In fact their actual income is quite modest compared to what you think when you say, "Billionaire". Wealth doesn't mean cash in your bank account.
To be sure, they have NO financial hardship, even if they spend like idiots. But they don't "have" a billion dollars in cash.
What are you going to do, throw a bike lock at me?
You assholes gave up you guns a long time ago. The only people you have left that actually knows how a gun works, shoots them sideways and with one hand since the other hand is holding up their pants. Some Hipster in Skinny Jeans is going to fight a war? ROFLMAO!
I predict that if any one of you actually shows up to the fight, managers to figure out how a gun works, and doesn't get head shot at 300 yards by a Good ol' boy with his deer rifle, will run away at the first shot.
So you can take your Nazi, bullshit comment, shove it up you ass and then go die in a car fire, trapped behind the wheel, squealing like a pig.
Maybe it will go viral on Facebook.