You think the way a person able to make 6 figures mistakes is treated is comparable to how a guy is treated that drills holes into metal tubes?
What a mistake of you costs is only meaningful when compared to what your work is worth to your employer. If you make 7 figures on a daily base, making a 6 figures mistake per day is trivial. Cost of doing business. If you're a guy drilling holes and essentially doing a job that a machine for 6 figures could do flawlessly, that mistake could well cost your head.
The problem is not in the person but in the policy. Always. The only way the person can directly be the problem is if the person had the power to change the policy.
And it sure did draw the ire of those that go to meetings to pass time without having to do anything productive. When you have meetings with a large and heterogeneous group (from marketing to security), planning is everything. You do not need all of the people to be there for all topics. When you discuss database layout, marketing isn't required. When you discuss corporate identity and choice of color schemes, security isn't required. Plan accordingly. And yes, that also means planning the topics and putting them down on the schedule. To the minute, if need be. Yes, I had meetings where I invited people to be there from 10:20 to 10:30. Most topics can be discussed in 10 minutes. Sometimes you need to discuss details in more time, but usually not with the whole team but with a select few. Schedule a meeting afterwards and discuss it, but don't waste the time of the others present.
It does put some stress on the people because they have to present their topic in only a few minutes and come to a conclusion in only a few more, but it does speed up the process considerably and reduces downtime to a minimum. It also takes people a while to get used to it, it happened more than once in the early meetings that people came 10 minutes late only to find out that they could as well turn around and leave because the part that they were involved in was done and gone.
In the meantime, though, this works pretty well. It is WAY more work for you as the coordinator because the order of topics is crucial and you have to know exactly who you need for what topic, and people can't just come to the meeting with an "here we are now, entertain us" attitude but need to prepare their stuff, too, so they can present it in a timely manner because minutes actually matter now, but it also means that you can get more into an one hour meeting now than you could stuff in 10 such meetings before. Not to mention that people don't waste their time staring holes into the wall because they're bored out of their skull since it is of no concern to the one responsible for security whether the front end color is this or that shade of green.
Yes. Snapchat and Instagram. I think the nostalgia for what has been is not as strong in the next generation as it was in the previous one. I have to admit, my nostalgia for anything is pretty much nonexistent, too.
Nah, the other places I frequent either people laugh about it, say it's nasty/boring or (this is the majority) roll their eyes and tell me to stop telling unfunny, old jokes.
Don't think so. Personally, I think it's kids moving away from a medium where parents roam. You can't quite really be yourself when your parents are around, and you can't really not "friend" your parents without causing trouble, so our youth is moving to a different platform.
Only if they have ever been part of the system. You wouldn't want to do it that way if you're searching Putin-style, i.e. when you bring your termination material along with the search team (so they know what to find).
Indeed the problem isn't the hole. The problem is the way the issue was handled. Someone made a mistake drilling a faulty hole. Ok. Now the next step should have been to report this and result in the part being replaced with a known good one. Case closed. What did happen was that the person tried to hush it up. The problem here is not the person trying to cover his mistake up but the fact that he feels it's necessary or even that it's a good idea. And that's not the fault of the person that drilled this hole but a flaw in the way this company handles such human error.
You might want to read up on the history of skinheads. Especially some of the older skins might be a trifle miffed if you lump them in with the far right.
Old joke: Wealthy merchant tells man he can marry his daughter if he manages to do 3 things: 1. Drink a full bottle of vodka 2. Wrestle a bear to the ground 3. Fuck his grandma
He downs the bottle, heads into the bear den and after half an hour of screams and battle sounds, he emerges with scratches all over, yelling "Ok, where's the hag I have to fight with?"
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You think the way a person able to make 6 figures mistakes is treated is comparable to how a guy is treated that drills holes into metal tubes?
What a mistake of you costs is only meaningful when compared to what your work is worth to your employer. If you make 7 figures on a daily base, making a 6 figures mistake per day is trivial. Cost of doing business. If you're a guy drilling holes and essentially doing a job that a machine for 6 figures could do flawlessly, that mistake could well cost your head.
The problem is not in the person but in the policy. Always. The only way the person can directly be the problem is if the person had the power to change the policy.
And it sure did draw the ire of those that go to meetings to pass time without having to do anything productive. When you have meetings with a large and heterogeneous group (from marketing to security), planning is everything. You do not need all of the people to be there for all topics. When you discuss database layout, marketing isn't required. When you discuss corporate identity and choice of color schemes, security isn't required. Plan accordingly. And yes, that also means planning the topics and putting them down on the schedule. To the minute, if need be. Yes, I had meetings where I invited people to be there from 10:20 to 10:30. Most topics can be discussed in 10 minutes. Sometimes you need to discuss details in more time, but usually not with the whole team but with a select few. Schedule a meeting afterwards and discuss it, but don't waste the time of the others present.
It does put some stress on the people because they have to present their topic in only a few minutes and come to a conclusion in only a few more, but it does speed up the process considerably and reduces downtime to a minimum. It also takes people a while to get used to it, it happened more than once in the early meetings that people came 10 minutes late only to find out that they could as well turn around and leave because the part that they were involved in was done and gone.
In the meantime, though, this works pretty well. It is WAY more work for you as the coordinator because the order of topics is crucial and you have to know exactly who you need for what topic, and people can't just come to the meeting with an "here we are now, entertain us" attitude but need to prepare their stuff, too, so they can present it in a timely manner because minutes actually matter now, but it also means that you can get more into an one hour meeting now than you could stuff in 10 such meetings before. Not to mention that people don't waste their time staring holes into the wall because they're bored out of their skull since it is of no concern to the one responsible for security whether the front end color is this or that shade of green.
I thought Kimmie doesn't own Mega anymore?
Looks like someone wants to let the legacy live on...
Yes. Snapchat and Instagram. I think the nostalgia for what has been is not as strong in the next generation as it was in the previous one. I have to admit, my nostalgia for anything is pretty much nonexistent, too.
Nah, the other places I frequent either people laugh about it, say it's nasty/boring or (this is the majority) roll their eyes and tell me to stop telling unfunny, old jokes.
Why do you think I left development and entered security testing?
Why not mess with them? Go develop a new persona, Photoshop is your friend. It's fun to be someone else for a change.
Don't think so. Personally, I think it's kids moving away from a medium where parents roam. You can't quite really be yourself when your parents are around, and you can't really not "friend" your parents without causing trouble, so our youth is moving to a different platform.
If that was true, there shouldn't be anything left of it. Including backups.
Or just bling and bullshit?
/. is the only place I know where you can tell a silly joke and people will start analyzing and overthinking it...
So far every election day every politician and statistician is surprised by the way people vote.
Only if they have ever been part of the system. You wouldn't want to do it that way if you're searching Putin-style, i.e. when you bring your termination material along with the search team (so they know what to find).
Indeed the problem isn't the hole. The problem is the way the issue was handled. Someone made a mistake drilling a faulty hole. Ok. Now the next step should have been to report this and result in the part being replaced with a known good one. Case closed. What did happen was that the person tried to hush it up. The problem here is not the person trying to cover his mistake up but the fact that he feels it's necessary or even that it's a good idea. And that's not the fault of the person that drilled this hole but a flaw in the way this company handles such human error.
You might want to read up on the history of skinheads. Especially some of the older skins might be a trifle miffed if you lump them in with the far right.
That's an optical illusion. Americans are so overweight that they SEEM like a continent.
6cm long, 3 cm wide, 3cm high, works for Japanese, that's the average size of a Japanese apartment, but what about the rest of us?
Typical, don't waste a moment to think about those damn gaijins.
You're so pre-millennium, it ain't even funny.
Don't be silly, not every catholic. Only the priests.
Careful, nothing is worse than the wrath of a woman rejected.
Try to argue this with the government.
An argument telling them that their enemy is the net beneficiary of their action is way more compelling.
And how old do you think the heads of the space program are? Unless they're 35 or younger, they were indoctrinated by that very system.
Mistakes happen where people work. Show me a person that makes no mistakes and I show you a person that does not work.
What sets good and mediocre companies apart is how they deal with the mistakes that happen and how they mitigate them.
Old joke: Wealthy merchant tells man he can marry his daughter if he manages to do 3 things:
1. Drink a full bottle of vodka
2. Wrestle a bear to the ground
3. Fuck his grandma
He downs the bottle, heads into the bear den and after half an hour of screams and battle sounds, he emerges with scratches all over, yelling "Ok, where's the hag I have to fight with?"