I start work at 8 AM, same as usual. I get the summons, from my Department Manager, the summons that I knew was coming.
I walk over to the Department Manager’s office and in I go, to face the Department Manager and, of course, Johnny.
The Department Manager snarls, “You turned in your resignation, why?”
I lecture the Department Manager and Johnny, “Late in the work day Friday, I solved THE computer programming problem for my project. Upper management knows what I did. Of course the customer knows what I did. Also, the senior programmers know what I did. Only I know why what I did worked and how it can be applied to other work. I am not to be rewarded, by the company, for what I did, late Friday. However, it really doesn’t matter. My outside value is very high, because of my programming breakthrough. My potential value to the company is also very high, because of my programming breakthrough. The only reason that Johnny is in this room is that he is to be the Project Manager, for the project for which I’m working. Tell me, Johnny, what was the programming breakthrough that I discovered Friday? Tell me, Johnny, what was the impact on the customer of the programming breakthrough that I discovered Friday?”
Johnny gives me a big, vacuous grin, “Well, I just took over as Project Manager this morning.”
I turn back to the Department Manager, “If you were going to promote Johnny to Project Manager, why was Johnny not in my computer room, talking with the customer interface guy? That’s a sales job, plain and simple. I was talking with the customer interface guy, doing a sales job, including a light technical explanation. Where was Johnny? No wait, Johnny has no programming background, so he can’t answer customer questions. If Johnny can’t answer customer questions, he isn’t doing part of the sales job. Even after he failed to show up for the sales job, Project Manager Johnny failed to get with me for an explanation of at least a technical overview. That last is a management failure. However, it really doesn’t matter, does it?”
The Department Manager snarls, “We assigned Johnny to be your Project Manager to take some of the load off of you.”
I say. “That’s interesting. Johnny, tell us what is the main purpose of the customer software that the project team is developing?”
Johnny gives us another big, vacuous grin, “Well I just took over as Project Manager this morning.”
I lecture the Department Manager, “For the last week people have been giving me nasty little grins, in the hallways. Obviously it was well known that management had assigned other than me to be your Project Manager, supposedly to take some of the load off me. Obviously management never prepped your new Project Manager. Tell me, one of the project programmers has a technical programming question, how does your non programmer Project Manager handle that, to take some of the load off me?”
I lecture the dumb duo, “One of the project programmers has a technical programming question. Your non programmer Project Manager can’t handle that. Thus your non programmer Project Manager calls a meeting, that ties up me, the programmer with the question and other programmers, instead if me handling the question informally, a lot quicker. Tell me, how does that take some of the load off me?”
The Department Manager snarls, “Obviously, we didn’t think things through enough, before we assigned Johnny to be your Project Manager. to take some of the load off of you.”
An enraged Johnny jumps in, “Listen punk, I took Linda away from you so easy. I can take a lot more from you, if I want.”
The Department Manager snarls, “Johnny, we don’t need any more of that.”
I start work at 8 AM, same as usual. I get the summons, from my Department Manager, the summons that I knew was coming.
I walk over to the Department Manager’s office and in I go, to face the Department Manager and, of course, Johnny.
The Department Manager snarls, “You turned in your resignation, why?”
I lecture the Department Manager and Johnny, “Late in the work day Friday, I solved THE computer programming problem for my project. Upper management knows what I did. Of course the customer knows what I did. Also, the senior programmers know what I did. Only I know why what I did worked and how it can be applied to other work. I am not to be rewarded, by the company, for what I did, late Friday. However, it really doesn’t matter. My outside value is very high, because of my programming breakthrough. My potential value to the company is also very high, because of my programming breakthrough. The only reason that Johnny is in this room is that he is to be the Project Manager, for the project for which I’m working. Tell me, Johnny, what was the programming breakthrough that I discovered Friday? Tell me, Johnny, what was the impact on the customer of the programming breakthrough that I discovered Friday?”
Johnny gives me a big, vacuous grin, “Well, I just took over as Project Manager this morning.”
I turn back to the Department Manager, “If you were going to promote Johnny to Project Manager, why was Johnny not in my computer room, talking with the customer interface guy? That’s a sales job, plain and simple. I was talking with the customer interface guy, doing a sales job, including a light technical explanation. Where was Johnny? No wait, Johnny has no programming background, so he can’t answer customer questions. If Johnny can’t answer customer questions, he isn’t doing part of the sales job. Even after he failed to show up for the sales job, Project Manager Johnny failed to get with me for an explanation of at least a technical overview. That last is a management failure. However, it really doesn’t matter, does it?”
The Department Manager snarls, “We assigned Johnny to be your Project Manager to take some of the load off of you.”
I say. “That’s interesting. Johnny, tell us what is the main purpose of the customer software that the project team is developing?”
Johnny gives us another big, vacuous grin, “Well I just took over as Project Manager this morning.”
I lecture the Department Manager, “For the last week people have been giving me nasty little grins, in the hallways. Obviously it was well known that management had assigned other than me to be your Project Manager, supposedly to take some of the load off me. Obviously management never prepped your new Project Manager. Tell me, one of the project programmers has a technical programming question, how does your non programmer Project Manager handle that, to take some of the load off me?”
I lecture the dumb duo, “One of the project programmers has a technical programming question. Your non programmer Project Manager can’t handle that. Thus your non programmer Project Manager calls a meeting, that ties up me, the programmer with the question and other programmers, instead if me handling the question informally, a lot quicker. Tell me, how does that take some of the load off me?”
The Department Manager snarls, “Obviously, we didn’t think things through enough, before we assigned Johnny to be your Project Manager. to take some of the load off of you.”
An enraged Johnny jumps in, “Listen punk, I took Linda away from you so easy. I can take a lot more from you, if I want.”
The Department Manager snarls, “Johnny, we don’t need any more of that.”
It Really Doesn't Matter
It Really Doesn't Matter
Product Details
| BN ID: | 2940164046187 |
|---|---|
| Publisher: | R. Richard |
| Publication date: | 04/18/2020 |
| Sold by: | Smashwords |
| Format: | eBook |
| File size: | 138 KB |