lisavaas
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Like Slashdot commenters pointed out, it's really an RTFM situation...
That makes sense to me. Nothing like being treated in cookie-cutter fashion to make you dubious about the sincerity of feedback/rewards/whatever.
Ha! One benefit of getting laid off years ago: I work in my sunny home. My sympathy to cubicle dwellers!
That's an interesting angle I hadn't thought of—-thanks for bringing it up. I would imagine that in such cases a manager doesn't need to know the intricacies of how an engineer does the work. More like, the manager just has to define and gauge the results. Work with engineers to define rational deliverables, say? Quality of product? That's a whole science in and of itself, but I can't imagine how a boss would have the ability to give you feedback without going through that process, even if it's a rigorous task to determine how to measure the work. Setting goals/deliverables/timetables/QoS is a task for which, I'd think, your input would be instrumental.
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lisavaas on Thursday August 02, 2012 @06:27PM
from the h30565.www3.hp.com dept.
http://h30565.www3.hp.com/t5/UK-Articles/Teaching-Security-to-the-Ungeeky-Demonstrate-Real-World-Attacks/ba-p/5824
A pitched battle to change everybody’s passwords! Desperate attempts to lock each other out of the system! Key database relationships up in smoke! This mayhem brought to you courtesy of yet another installation of Teaching Security to the Ungeeky! Remember: it's all fun and games til somebody gets hurt. Though it's pretty fun after that, too.
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lisavaas on Thursday August 02, 2012 @01:04PM
from the h30565.www3.hp.com dept.
http://h30565.www3.hp.com/t5/Feature-Articles/Getting-Clueful-What-Your-Boss-Should-Understand-About-Hiring/ba-p/5822
Is your company hiring a security specialist? This is what management doesn't know, what she should really ask, and what (hopefully) doesn't seduce him into hiring a disaster.
How to prep for: blown bulbs, laptops left in taxis, projectors that get indigestion over your digital input, and viruses that spasmodically stream porn video. Can we use the term "ejaculate' instead of "stream?" It's kind of the same thing, right?