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Call me if you want.
I let @Toshi do my research for me.
take the cap off, swim an extra thousand yards, and treat yourself to an actual hamburger
One of the largest in the world.I suppose that company is extinct?
And onto coffee NUMBA TREE.
The ground is looking moist out there, which should be perfect for tonight's ride. I can't wait to hear the sounds of3612 knobby tires blowing through the rox.
:edit: this thing just rolled up outside my office...
The ground is looking moist out there, which should be perfect for tonight's ride. I can't wait to hear the sounds of
:edit: this thing just rolled up outside my office...
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Home for lunch... I know no one reads my posts but I will try again anyway. Management is not about competence in anything other than getting other people to meet company objectives, timelines, standards or whatever process they are tasked with managing.
I can guarantee being evaluated for your personal results is less stressful than being evaluated on the results you achieve through others. There's always someone who rejects their role in the corporate structure and is convinced they are better equipped to make decisions and get things done in a manner that is more personally gratifying than what their manager has come up with.
Usually engineers, IT techs and software developers, amiright?
Anyhow people are more complicated than numbers, graphs and formulas... if managing them were easy everyone would have a "good" manager.
I can guarantee being evaluated for your personal results is less stressful than being evaluated on the results you achieve through others. There's always someone who rejects their role in the corporate structure and is convinced they are better equipped to make decisions and get things done in a manner that is more personally gratifying than what their manager has come up with.
Usually engineers, IT techs and software developers, amiright?
Anyhow people are more complicated than numbers, graphs and formulas... if managing them were easy everyone would have a "good" manager.
Last day in America was celebrated with a big ass BBQ lunch and some Kentucky Bourbon Ale. I still have a hard time sitting down. Can't stop a little sadness creeping in.
Oh - and keep one of those apartments open in that million dollar crib as aClaus ... dude ... on behalf of all of us Americans let me say GOOD LUCK with the new chapter! I hope the move goes smoothly and I'm sure you'll be working way too hard soon enough.
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Thanks Nick!Claus ... dude ... on behalf of all of us American
This is my 3rd work/live stay in the US and I have spend around half my life and I will miss a lot of things but now I can just come and visit and enjoy all the best parts
And I was on Ridemonkey before I left the US and I still have all you fuckers to keep me update with is on the mind of middle age bike nerds.
Afternoon.
Good result to a shitty week in the "Getting-my-kid-back-in-school" department. He visited the counselor and set up some elective classes he wanted to be in. We will see what tomorrow morning brings, its been an ulser causing fiasco so far...
Going shopping for a saddle for the roadie today, trying to eliminate dead-dick-syndrom that I've been having during the longer rides, suspect the extra 30lbs I'm carrying these days has caused my worn saddle to become an issue. As much fun as genital pins and needles can be, I need to get on this before any permanent issues arise.
Good result to a shitty week in the "Getting-my-kid-back-in-school" department. He visited the counselor and set up some elective classes he wanted to be in. We will see what tomorrow morning brings, its been an ulser causing fiasco so far...
Going shopping for a saddle for the roadie today, trying to eliminate dead-dick-syndrom that I've been having during the longer rides, suspect the extra 30lbs I'm carrying these days has caused my worn saddle to become an issue. As much fun as genital pins and needles can be, I need to get on this before any permanent issues arise.
@Wingnut a lot of people like theses to avoid pressure
http://www.sellesmp.com/en/saddles/professional.html
http://www.sellesmp.com/en/saddles/professional.html
Managing developers is like herding rabid cats with scorpion stingers on their tail tips.
I ran one of this for a while, but the sit bone was pretty narrow. What I ended up doing was going to a Specialized dealer to have them measure my sit and get a saddle width to work with. Once you have that, you can call around for demo saddles at or around that width. Most high end shops will have multiple width saddles for demo.
IMO, a good manager has faith in the folks that work for them, will back them up when needed, and will remove roadblocks when presented. Allow me to do my job as free of distractions as possible and with the tools I need to do it.
aka. Give you enough rope to hang yourself and pull you back before you do such.
IMO, a good manager has faith in the folks that work for them, will back them up when needed, and will remove roadblocks when presented. Allow me to do my job as free of distractions as possible and with the tools I need to do it.
Bailed on work because can't stop coughing, made a doctors appointment for tomorrow morning to get prescription for cough medicine that actually works. I'm a total pusy when sick.
That is an interesting perspective of enablement, but it works, I guess.
A basic Brooks saddle has always worked well for me, worth checking out, being leather they comform to your body over time.
I prefer empowerment, the opportunity to succeed is exactly the same as the opportunity to fail.
Agreed.
I am being moved to a group where I will be much more empowered. The culture here has an overall fear of failure because failure = fired, or so everyone thinks (maybe that's how it works). But in technology, fear of failure = fear of success. The concept of failing fast, or falling forward is foreign here and that needs to change.
<edit> And if anyone knows about failing, it's me.
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my manager just got let go...i did a great job while shebwas here; i'll do a good job without her. ain't nobody got time for that shit.
DUDE. you couldn't have hung on until May 8-10 when I'll be in NY? Who am Ingonna drink stouts with now????? (remind me of the name of that bar we went to?)
I get to have a fun conversation with my manager in the next few days. Wifey's gma died a few months ago but there was no funeral/remembrance because they needed to sort out when everybody could be there and when they could get a location. The event will be in July. I have 5 days of bereavement time that is to be taken as a block. Our team is pretty thinly staffed and one of the other guys on my team just took the two weeks around the weekend off.
Our policy is only one person off at time and this will force two. As it is bereavement, it's an HR required thing. So even if (realistically when) he throws a fit and fights it, HR will likely be getting involved. This is going to be no fun, as he's getting shit on by our director, which flows down to us. He's usually pretty cool about stuff, but this is going to be shitty.
One a totally different note, my headlamp showed up and I asked Wifey to charge it for me so I can go ride tonight. After multiple emails about how to charge it, I get this:
Our policy is only one person off at time and this will force two. As it is bereavement, it's an HR required thing. So even if (realistically when) he throws a fit and fights it, HR will likely be getting involved. This is going to be no fun, as he's getting shit on by our director, which flows down to us. He's usually pretty cool about stuff, but this is going to be shitty.
One a totally different note, my headlamp showed up and I asked Wifey to charge it for me so I can go ride tonight. After multiple emails about how to charge it, I get this:
I damn near pee'd myself laughing.Wifey said:
What lights are you running again?
Detained entering the US. Took my phone. Personal belongings laptop. Illegal search and seizure. Denied me access to counsel. Big dent in the side of my vehicle. Towed my car and then denied me access to it. Failed to adjudicate my status.... Pain and suffering....