Subj : Re: advice To : comp.programming From : Ed Prochak Date : Wed Aug 31 2005 03:12 pm Randy Howard wrote: > Randy wrote > (in article ): > > > If you're results oriented, major in IS or MIS or business and then plan > > on getting something like an MBA. > > Was I the only one that found this statement hilarious? > > > That way you can focus on the bottom > > line and the means of achieving it through organizing the efforts of > > others, and NOT get mired in the details yourself. > > I've never known an IS/MIS person to do anything besides attend > meetings and make excuses for why your request is number 3,214 > on the "hot list" of requests, and that without an additional 13 > million dollars in funding, it can't possibly happen before the > next millennium. > > I remember one particular example from about 10 years ago. > I am not making any of this up, [] > "Fine, this is what's going to happen. Either you fix it today, > using whatever precious 'resources' you choose, or you let me > fix it today, or I will march into the CEO's office (who hired > me btw) and explain to him why this product which has already > been announced to the public will not make it out on time, and > then he can come ask you to explain it to him, which you will > not enjoy, I can assure you." > > Suddenly, all barriers were removed, it's "priority" was raised > several thousand places on the altar of the "Change Request > Queue" and the problem was fixed, despite its 'incredible > complexity' less than 30 minutes later. > > > -- > Randy Howard (2reply remove FOOBAR) Nice story. Thanks for sharing it. Sometimes you just have to put the "fear of God" in some people. ed .