[Interest] Oops! Somebody's got a bad case of dependency bloat!
Bo Thorsen
bthorsen at ics.com
Fri Apr 12 09:09:02 CEST 2013
Den 11-04-2013 21:52, BRM skrev:
> Well put. Build the business case that they add appropriate support for
> developers - even if it's simply being added to a special 'developers'
> group to get the extra permissions.
> But most likely, you'll find that it isn't just developers that are
> having that problem - which can actually be fortunate as some PHB's
> might decide to just axe the group complaining until the realize its
> everyone.
Worse, the PHB might just decide that if Qt is this difficult to
support, then it's not worth it, and will axe Qt use.
Bo.
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> *From:* Thiago Macieira <thiago.macieira at intel.com>
> *To:* interest at qt-project.org
> *Sent:* Thursday, April 11, 2013 12:16 PM
> *Subject:* Re: [Interest] Oops! Somebody's got a bad case of
> dependency bloat!
>
> On quinta-feira, 11 de abril de 2013 12.55.21, Konrad Rosenbaum wrote:
> > If you are one of less than a dozen people who could conceivably
> use this
> > kind of access and there are over 10000 other employees who
> definitely do
> > not need it, a large company IT department tends to have a kind of
> > perspective that may seem condescending to you. Compared with those
> > thousands of others, the protection of production equipment, and
> protecting
> > their own backsides you find yourself at a severely limited priority.
> >
> > Reality Sucks A Lot.
>
> I know... unfortunately, reality sucks in those cases.
>
> But it will never change if we bow down and accept it.
>
> Whenever you're faced with such a problem, make sure your manager
> knows it.
> Put it in bold letters in your status reports like "work
> compromised" and
> "unable to make all deliverables". Report to your manager how much
> down time
> you had waiting for a solution that didn't come, how it impacted
> your work,
> etc.
>
> I'm not asking anyone to risk their job security. But work with your
> manager
> and let them know that you're not getting the infrastructure and
> tools to do
> your job effectively.
>
> If you can, work with the manager to produce some numbers showing
> the company
> how much time is wasted by you and your colleagues and convert that
> to money.
> The total of the waste in a department might be enough to get some
> changes
> started.
>
> --
> Thiago Macieira - thiago.macieira (AT) intel.com
> Software Architect - Intel Open Source Technology Center
>
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