[geeks] New Suit Trends

[Dave McGuire]

On March 19, Tom Borton wrote:
> My boss has that attitude, but then the project I was in charge of
> ended, and I'm now assigned to project (with the same boss) where the
> lead is big into micro-management.  She hasn't figured out that myself
> and the other developer are playing the metrics game to the hilt.  She
> still does it despite the fact that I was the *only* one to deliver
> stable code in time for the last build - I've just spent the last few
> weeks tracking down others' bugs (ok, a couple were my own).
> 
> My boss knows I'm doing it but lets me get away with it because she
> knows that I was the only to have stable code and that I work much
> better if I schedule family time into my day (telecommute).
> 
> I'm spoiled...

  No Tom...You AND your employer are spoiled!  They've figured out how
to get the best quality work out of an employee, in a situation that's
good for both parties.  This is all too rare, and a wonderful thing
when it does happen.

            -Dave

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Dave McGuire                    "Watch those lateral G's man,
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