Unfortunately, people rise in management by NOT making waves…
What he means is that people usually don’t rise in management by taking
risks. In general, management likes the status quo. New things tend
to scare managers. Which is why engineers (those who do tend to like to
investigate new things anyway) usually end up sneaking the new technology
in the backdoor and then revealing this after it’s become an integral part
of the operation. (I suspect that if you look at Linux adoption or Perl
adoption or even early Java adoption you’ll find this pattern to be true).
On Thu, 12 Dec 2002 08:00:28 +0900 >“Ted” ted@datacomm.com wrote:
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"Or perhaps the truth is less interesting than the facts?"
Amy Weiss (accusing theregister.co.uk of engaging in ‘tabloid journalism’)
Senior VP, Communications
Recording Industry Association of America