From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,DIET_1,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f43e6,d71a6822cd2fec5 X-Google-Attributes: gidf43e6,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,5ea968aeb8c7f10d X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: the one and only real true kibo Subject: Re: Do I Really Need A Supervisor? Date: 1997/03/24 Message-ID: <5h4pns$gjv@stronghold.dhp.com>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 227860800 References: <3327438E.942@earthlink.net> <5g7u24$1jeg@uni.library.ucla.edu> <33285CC6.1CFB@ss5010.ca.boeing.com> <5ge9qr$gq$1@news.nyu.edu> <332D77DF.6956@ss5010.ca.boeing.com> <332EC40A.6F59@ss5010.ca.boeing.com> <5gtadf$4fe$1@goanna.cs.rmit.edu.au> Organization: DataHaven Project +1 412 421 4516 (DHP.COM) Newsgroups: comp.software-eng,comp.lang.ada Date: 1997-03-24T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- On 22 Mar 1997 15:08:33 -0500 in article posted to comp.lang.ada, Robert Dewar wrote: > Richard O'Keefe said > < management is essential to software quality" he means strong COMPETENT > management, where competence is part of what it _means_ to be "strong".>> > Plus lots of other (iin my view) exactly appropriate observations. > Yes, indeed when I say someone is a strong chess player, I mean he is good > at playing chess, not that he can break his opponents neck with a single > karate chop. So, yes strong here is almost a synonym for competence. > I do see the confusion, in that people can easily use the phrase strong > management to refer to intrusive and inflexible management. In fact the > job of a competent manager is to make everything work smoothly without > being seen to be intrusive or inflexible, much as a good teacher following > the Socratic method guides the discussion of a class, without being seen > to be dictating it. If you weren't a tenured professor, if you had a supervisor, you'd be fired for sure. Lose some weight - you look like a fucking pig. I am the only true Kibo. Finger me for my PGP public key. Check out my home page for the coolest way to vote on new newsgroup proposals or to issue Usenet cancels. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2 iQCVAwUBMzXqN6lPvImbzLKZAQGIrwP/Wua4TnWRilwKwhxPuVBkw2qjyL8d1VRk mJDEinU3s1Ke9xm6rWofWxyP0v0vVM+OuCh1KOTLzJRd7QIe6IaoLjCBxiqQaf5K GmrE4DxKNthZ8q3d/GbymzTDSKNSoYItNDA1/CHYqbgc2V++2wQRda8Mq7PQ0sPc 4yEp5QlDjOA= =bsaQ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----