tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post6961602578861408460..comments2024-03-29T09:51:06.888-05:00Comments on Every goddamn day: 03/29/24: A professional goes home at night. Neil Steinberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-69701030336081555502018-10-19T11:35:30.987-05:002018-10-19T11:35:30.987-05:00Hmm. My daughter is IT. Senior business systems an...Hmm. My daughter is IT. Senior business systems analyst. Early days included 24hr availability. Sometimes still does.She spends a deal of time out of town. Her "work smarter" mindset got IT to grab her up. Got her traveling to corporate in Canada, pays the bills and causes her to work harder. Sooo....I donno what Dave does in IT..Diane Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06509402029731074394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-31281887410301676632013-10-22T10:57:05.369-05:002013-10-22T10:57:05.369-05:00Neil,
You are right. I do go overboard at times bu...Neil,<br />You are right. I do go overboard at times but you have to remember that I've spent years having to get applications working again after the management gurus and consultants did their mischief. However, I'll shut up for now before I get on my soap box again.David P. Grafnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-46213141528352128082013-10-21T18:36:37.409-05:002013-10-21T18:36:37.409-05:00@David. I'm with you. Randomly popping up on p...@David. I'm with you. Randomly popping up on people's blog, preening about one's supposed smartness, it itself not smart. I'm a smart guy, and sometimes I have to work very hard. That said, David, you're giving him more attention than he probably deserves. One can spend one's life fending off trolls. Neil Steinberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-63944646167954653012013-10-21T17:19:30.028-05:002013-10-21T17:19:30.028-05:00I did some additional checking on Joe Raschke. It...I did some additional checking on Joe Raschke. It turns out that he is an IT consultant who has all the buzzwords in his self-description and who has no embarrassment about describing himself as a "natural leader" but nary any experience as a "worker bee". "Working smarter not harder" is today's equivalent of Marie Antoinette's "Let them eat cake".David P. Grafnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-45181987918688981412013-10-21T09:20:20.211-05:002013-10-21T09:20:20.211-05:00Joe Raschke,
Are you related to the "pointy ...Joe Raschke,<br /><br />Are you related to the "pointy haired boss" in Dilbert? Maybe, you're a management consultant. The only people that I have ever heard use that phrase are those who are supremely clueless. For example, that was the answer given by the head of the IT department to those wondering how they were supposed to get the same work done and more after he slashed the headcount. Not surprisingly, this idiot's staff had actually increased over time after he started the drive to get the company "lean and mean".<br /><br />Given that I have almost 40 years of experience in computing and have worked for several of America's top companies, I do not appreciate your condescension. You obviously do not know what you are talking about. It's not just workaholic managers who inflict these kinds of hours upon others but the relentless layoffs which force more work upon less people. David P. Grafnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-48308149255558928852013-10-19T18:11:58.031-05:002013-10-19T18:11:58.031-05:00Try working smarter not harder all the time. In I...Try working smarter not harder all the time. In IT you get little credit for working all night. Joe Raschkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18105869827585700934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-45476178320641011172013-10-19T16:21:00.015-05:002013-10-19T16:21:00.015-05:00@Magda. They're all posted at midnight, automa...@Magda. They're all posted at midnight, automatically. Last night at midnight I was sitting on the Edens, trying to make it back from the Bulls game, caught in that traffic jam behind the potato truck that hit a median at Dempster. Two and a half hours to get home. All told, I'd rather be posting. Neil Steinberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-3298841544813327792013-10-19T16:06:30.587-05:002013-10-19T16:06:30.587-05:00I note that this was posted at midnight. There is ...I note that this was posted at midnight. There is some do-as-I-say-not-as-I-do irony there. That said, I am at work on a Saturday and spend far too many evenings working far more hours than I am 'officially' paid for. The way of the 21st-century world.<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15049807200946130279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-58252789459515004982013-10-19T13:35:50.826-05:002013-10-19T13:35:50.826-05:00"Uhhh...it hasn't been like that for deca..."Uhhh...it hasn't been like that for decades for those of us who make a living in the information technology industry."<br /><br />Which sort of proves the point: "You lose the thing you're trying to hold onto."<br /><br />Dan Mitchellnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-30432062675431637852013-10-19T13:35:09.212-05:002013-10-19T13:35:09.212-05:00Neil,
I'm sorry but I don't get your comm...Neil,<br /><br />I'm sorry but I don't get your comment. I don't consider it lucky when managers expect 60-70 hours/week out of staff. Plus, many of us get dumped when we reach middle age in favor of being outsourced.David P. Grafnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-71072955960170818842013-10-19T09:29:25.127-05:002013-10-19T09:29:25.127-05:00No? You guys sit around, tossing cards into a hat?...No? You guys sit around, tossing cards into a hat? Consider yourself lucky. Neil Steinberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-91943227150299383172013-10-19T09:21:35.354-05:002013-10-19T09:21:35.354-05:00Neil,
Uhhh...it hasn't been like that for deca...Neil,<br />Uhhh...it hasn't been like that for decades for those of us who make a living in the information technology industry.David P. Grafnoreply@blogger.com