Re: Can I borrow your eyes for debuging (Vector inside Vector)?

On Wed, 28 Sep 2005 17:11:40 -0600, "Monique Y. Mudama"
<spam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote or quoted :

>Prejudice is a reality, but I don't think it's a factor in this case,
>unless you've disclosed some sort of personal information elsewhere
>and think this guy saw it.

I get it more in the political newsgroups where people use only ad
hominem arguments. They must spend days souring for tidbits to use
and twist.

I don't know why they bother. Most of them just make stuff up out of
thin air anyway.

I remember once working on a banking project where the boss was doing
something incredibly stupid (hard coding banking logic in spaghetti in
hundreds of separate places so it was impossible to maintain when the
logic changed) . The more I argued, the more firmly he dug in his
heels. I finally decided the if the project failed it would not be
the end of the universe. I did not have the power to override my
boss.

Then as the crunch was coming I noticed boss had secretly capitulated
and was working nights to do as I had asked. I was unwittingly
blocking him from doing the right thing because I did not give him a
way out that would let him save face.


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