> When the boss asks why his charts and headers don't convert over, show him how easy it is to fix that in the wiki.
The rational response to that from the PHB's point of view is to ban wikis.
Re:Working from Home: Why It Sucks
by giles_bowkett on Monday January 26, 2009 @12:26PM
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no, just fire the pointy-hairs. if somebody is uploading word docs to a wiki then they're not qualified to work with you. don't waste your time.
I wish it actually worked that way in the real world, but it doesn't. Yes, you can quit and do a startup, but then you end up with pointy-haired VCs instead of pointy-haired bosses.
Re:Working from Home: Why It Sucks
by helveticaman on Tuesday January 27, 2009 @01:41PM
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It may be difficult to believe this while in US, but in other countries industries are dominated by engineers...I know of one bank in Chile where all the business guys were being replaced with civil engineers (in Chile, that means a guy with an extensive math + science background).
Pick your battles.
Re:Working from Home: Why It Sucks
by Xichekolas on Monday January 26, 2009 @01:55PM
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A fine solution in a start-up or when you are in charge, but not so easy to accomplish in a large organization, where the pointy-hairs tend to accumulate.
Don't even try to make the conversion full featured, just rip it plain text. When the boss asks why his charts and headers don't convert over, show him how easy it is to fix that in the wiki. By getting his feet wet this way, eventually he might not even bother uploading word docs at all.
Or maybe I have too much faith in pointy-haired bosses.