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GeneralRe: Do we build like a house or like a car Pin
Michael Martin21-Jun-18 22:12
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OriginalGriff21-Jun-18 22:14
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Richard Deeming22-Jun-18 0:25
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OriginalGriff22-Jun-18 1:00
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Eric Lynch22-Jun-18 2:34
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W Balboos, GHB22-Jun-18 2:53
W Balboos, GHB22-Jun-18 2:53 
OriginalGriff wrote:
But we don't!

Honestly - please don't say "WE"

I force people to give me what real 'what is it you want' - which prevents most of your problems. If they don't know - how should I know? It's there job to know what needs to be done and mine only to implement it.

This doesn't always win friends - the lazy ones and the clueless ones - wanting you (me) to do their job for them so they'll look good (or blame me if they don't) - keep getting sent away until they come up with something. I don't give them a blank check, there, either - as I have a site with roughly 500 users to consider and don't want one user's stuff to screw up the others.

Interestingly - it all works out. Using a line from a car manufacturer (or someone) "the quality goes in before the name goes on" - an the non-dullard senior management learned to appreciate a sincere effort to do it right the first time.

Ravings en masse^
"The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein
"If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010

GeneralRe: Do we build like a house or like a car Pin
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Daniel Pfeffer22-Jun-18 2:43
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GeneralThis is funny. Pin
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GeneralSummer Fun with Arduino Challenge - 10 days left to go! Pin
Jovita Dsa21-Jun-18 10:50
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GeneralA philosophical question... Pin
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OriginalGriff21-Jun-18 6:26
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Mike Hankey21-Jun-18 7:30
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