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"Also, I'd like a pony." by nightflameblue (2.00 / 0) #4 Thu Jan 10, 2008 at 04:34:21 PM EST

I have got to steal that line for my next project planning meeting.

Do you know what the management says, out loud, and without a hint of irony around here? The definition of an expert is anyone that comes from more than a hundred miles away.

In other words, the second you were hired, you ceased being an expert and became a complete moron simply by virtue of being hired.

Ahem. by toxicfur (4.00 / 8) #5 Thu Jan 10, 2008 at 04:49:24 PM EST

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If you don't get a Bonnie, my universe will not make sense. --blixco
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Expert by Herring (4.00 / 2) #6 Thu Jan 10, 2008 at 05:03:26 PM EST

LCC takes a similar definition. And they have a point - anyone stupid enough to work for them shouldn't be trusted.

When my grandfather became ill, my grandmother rubbed goose-fat into his back. He went downhill quite quickly after that. - Milton Jones
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Worse than that. by Breaker (4.00 / 2) #7 Thu Jan 10, 2008 at 06:42:41 PM EST

I am here on site in Chermany. The company I work for charges 1200 UKian pounds per day for the privilege of me being here.

I have been with this company for over 2 years so I'd like to think I know our software pretty well.

I also ran the systems for a small hedge fund for 7 years. P&L, risk, the whole lot.

My opinions on how they implement things are "biased in favour of $PARENT_COMPANY" apparently, so they'd rather believe a Cherman consultant who has never seen live market date before.

So yes, despite the usurious daily rate, I am clearly not an expert.

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But you've been there for two years. by nightflameblue (2.00 / 0) #18 Fri Jan 11, 2008 at 09:41:07 AM EST

That's guilt by affiliation if I've ever seen it.

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He's with a client. by ambrosen (2.00 / 0) #23 Fri Jan 11, 2008 at 03:30:09 PM EST

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: Ah, I think I misunderstood. by nightflameblue (2.00 / 0) #24 Fri Jan 11, 2008 at 03:42:23 PM EST

I thought he'd been at the clients for two years. I'm a little muddy about the noggin' today.

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People I work with ask me for ponies all the time. by greyrat (2.00 / 0) #8 Thu Jan 10, 2008 at 06:43:12 PM EST

A "pony" is a deliverable they wish me to provide that is "important but not urgent" in Covey's quadrants, and is (usually) not budgeted. Each person can ask for one and only one pony at a time. I can, like any parent, say "No." Only when I give them their current pony are they able to ask for another. I get good results with this system, and it's fun to have a VP walk up and ask: "Can I have my pony yet?"
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There is absolutely no correlation or causation amongst intelligence, power, talent and wealth.
Kha-Nyou
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clock always asks for by StackyMcRacky (4.00 / 2) #11 Thu Jan 10, 2008 at 07:53:39 PM EST

a pony, cotton candy, and a red balloon in his meetings.

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: COTTON CANDY! by nightflameblue (2.00 / 0) #19 Fri Jan 11, 2008 at 09:42:22 AM EST

I've no doubt that I could actually get the company to purchase a cotton candy machine in the name of morale. In fact, that's not a bad idea. I'm adding it to my next meeting agenda.

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