Cobol - Re: Ping: DD

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Re: Ping: DD

Mickey

2008-03-25, 6:56 pm

docdw...@panix.com wrote:
> In article <9b2ca8cc-8266-41ab-919c-67e46ae233f7@o22g2000hsh.googlegroups.com>,
> Kenneth <klshafer@worldnet.att.net> wrote:
>
> More that I should, probably... it's just... *there*, you know, and so
> fast.
>
>
> Pish, tosh and piffle... that I use pico instead of vi places me Beyond
> the Pale in some folks' books. I am Olde Schoole enough so that I prefer
> columns of numbers to graphs, charts and diagrams... but even during Olde
> Schoole days there were folks who made better sense with and out of lines
> and colors than I could.
>
> I recall, back when I was a student of chemistry, spending time with a
> lass who was studying art... at times we would sit together and do
> homework. She'd grab a piece of charcoal and a sheet of paper, move her
> hand... and there would appear something that actually... *looked* like
> something; I'd stare, in amazement, and say 'This is wonderful... how do
> you *do* that?'
>
> I'd be doing something like... balancing stochastic equations, looking at
> charts, scribbling out lines combining capital and lower-case letters,
> subscripts, superscripts, parentheses and equal-signs... and she'd watch
> me flip through pages, look up at the ceiling, and generate a flow of
> these symbols...
>
> ... and she'd stare, in amazement, and say 'This is wonderful... how do
> you *do* that?'
>
> Apples are not oranges, bananas are not nectarines, grapes and
> pineapple-cubes are likewise disparate... and yet, at times, Life can be a
> wonderful fruit-salad.
>

Dispite countless attemps by a bevy of Fortune 500 companies, I have
steadfastly managed to avoid anything that remotely resembles
management. I am a technician, to the very bones. These days, I wear
many hats, some say system programmer, some say DB2 DBA, some say
Endevor or Changeman admin, and my favorite one says Rexx Guru, but
not ONE of them says "Manager" :)

BTW, re-hi, doc :)

Mickey

2008-03-25, 9:56 pm

In article <b3829b66-217e-469e-bf97-a8176d84c1b3@m34g2000hsc.googlegroups.com>,
Mickey <mickeyb@comcast.net> wrote:
>
>
>docdw...@panix.com wrote:
><9b2ca8cc-8266-41ab-919c-67e46ae233f7@o22g2000hsh.googlegroups.com>,

[snip]

>
>Dispite countless attemps by a bevy of Fortune 500 companies, I have
>steadfastly managed to avoid anything that remotely resembles
>management.

There was a time, as I recall, when some companies came to the conclusion
that it just might be possible that a Highly Skilled Technician might be
worth more to the organisation - and, thus, have a larger paycheck - than
a Manager. Thus was born the Technical Career Path... which has, I
believe, since died.

[snip]

>BTW, re-hi, doc :)

Good day, Mr Ben-Tovim. Things go well with you, your family and your
birdies?

DD

Howard Brazee

2008-03-26, 6:56 pm

On Wed, 26 Mar 2008 00:12:15 +0000 (UTC), docdwarf@panix.com () wrote:

>There was a time, as I recall, when some companies came to the conclusion
>that it just might be possible that a Highly Skilled Technician might be
>worth more to the organisation - and, thus, have a larger paycheck - than
>a Manager. Thus was born the Technical Career Path... which has, I
>believe, since died.

It is human nature to value in others those traits which one values in
one's self. Managers make the rules - and if you're good enough,
they will make the ultimate offer - a chance to become one of them.

2008-03-26, 6:56 pm

In article <v1kku3lkofdlnhqfud99s5u27lljg4q22i@4ax.com>,
Howard Brazee <howard@brazee.net> wrote:
>On Wed, 26 Mar 2008 00:12:15 +0000 (UTC), docdwarf@panix.com () wrote:
>
>
>It is human nature to value in others those traits which one values in
>one's self.

My experience with human beings is so limited that I don't believe I can
make comments on 'human nature'... some times I have seen some folks do
some stuff, other times I have seen other folks do other stuff.

>Managers make the rules - and if you're good enough,
>they will make the ultimate offer - a chance to become one of them.

Managers, as I was taught, are responsible for the allocation,
co-ordination and motivation of resources and personnel towards the
accomplishment of a stated Executive goal.

DD

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