Surgeon vs Jack of all trades (was Re: [Sigia-l] My Toolbox is full...now what?

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Andrew Boyd:

> imagine a world where you say 'You do realise that there will be an
> extra charge for this, the money has to come from somewhere, and it will
> have to come out of your project budget?' and they say 'no problem!'.

Someone made some money?

> Then imagine having the same conversation with three other project
> managers on different projects in the one week at the one site. Their
> bosses didn't want me to say no, my boss didn't want me to say no, so we
> worked ridiculously long hours for a while.

You're now officially ready to become a contractor. :-)

> Every now and then (3-4 times a year at least) this happens. The clients get
> their work done, and the company gets more and more business. Works out well
> for nearly everybody. :)

So you're not complaining?

Ziya
Nullius in Verba