Waldo Posted September 19, 2014 Share Posted September 19, 2014 I work alone, so not much of an issue for me; but I often hear stories involving non-technical middle management types calling the shots and making (poor ill-informed) technical decisions and disregarding the advice of their own in-house technical people... Anyhow, just wondered if anyone could relate to this kind of thing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anna B Posted September 20, 2014 Share Posted September 20, 2014 I work alone, so not much of an issue for me; but I often hear stories involving non-technical middle management types calling the shots and making (poor ill-informed) technical decisions and disregarding the advice of their own in-house technical people... Anyhow, just wondered if anyone could relate to this kind of thing? In my experience, (in non-tech industries,) the higher up the greasy pole you look, the less likely the people in charge are to have tech/computer skills as they often have minions to do that sort of stuff for them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samonosuke Posted September 20, 2014 Share Posted September 20, 2014 This is my life !!!! And I have been a technical manager for many years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fogey Posted September 20, 2014 Share Posted September 20, 2014 Its a really interesting and intriguing brief. We'll take this as a starting point and work through a development process in conjunction with yourselves to identify the important criteria and requirements and produce a solution that delivers exactly what you need. Sometimes it just takes someone with a very special skill set to take the 'think we want' requirements and turn them into 'exactly what we need' solutions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RootsBooster Posted September 20, 2014 Share Posted September 20, 2014 One of the tragically truest comedy clips I've ever seen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whiteowl Posted September 21, 2014 Share Posted September 21, 2014 One of the tragically truest comedy clips I've ever seen Unfortunately, that is pretty much what I do day to day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RootsBooster Posted September 21, 2014 Share Posted September 21, 2014 Unfortunately, that is pretty much what I do day to day ..as do many people Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jfish1936 Posted September 21, 2014 Share Posted September 21, 2014 Isn't this what Scott Adams' "Dilbert" strips are all about? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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geared Posted September 22, 2014 Share Posted September 22, 2014 Seems to happen all too often, some of the largest retail chains in America are suffering because the people in charge are utter morons. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/09/22/home_depot_ignored_staff_warnings_of_security_fail_laundry_list/ Home Depot is facing claims it ignored security warnings from staff, who say prior to its loss of 56 million credit cards, it failed to update anti virus since 2007 The fixer-upper retail giant failed to conduct even basic adequate scans in line of the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards (PCI DSS), former employees told the New York Times, with more than a dozen customer information databases unvelievably marked as off-limits to security staff. executives rejected requests to improve the state of security. Executives reportedly told pleading staff that "we sell hammers". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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