| ??? 11/15/06 17:33 Read: times |
#128033 - there's a time for everything Responding to: ???'s previous message |
Russ Cooper said:
Richard said:
The engineer's job is to do the job he's assigned within the time and budget he's given, using the tools and materials available to him.
If he's given a task to acocmplish with a given set of components, and a given set of tools, that's what he's expected to use. If he can't or won't do what he's assigned to do within the limits imposed by his employer, then he should do something else, but do it elsewhere. If he declines to do what the "boss" says, he's fired, not the third or second time, but the first time. Guys who can and will do what they're directed to do apply for his job every day. What makes the engineer useful is that he can and will do what he's directed to do. On the day he no longer does that, he's no longer needed. That's all great if the boss is the smartest guy in the room. Only problem is, the boss who thinks like that surely won't be. -- Russ There's a time for discussion, and there's a time for a decision. After the discussion, a decision has to be made, and the boss is the guy who has to stand behind it. That's why HE's the guy who gets the last word. He's the one who has to stand up for the schedule, the budget, and the system integrity. A smart boss tries to hire the smartest guys he can get. A smart subordinate knows when the discussion phase is over and does what the boss has decided he should do. RE |
