Re: Ok, so now we have a firewall, we're safe, right?

[Mark Tinberg <mtinberg () securepipe com>]

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On Tue, 31 May 2005, Marcus J. Ranum wrote:

> They're sensitive to ridicule and abuse. They're impervious
> to clues.

While I appreciate the sentiment, I don't think that approach will work 
for everyone.  Not everyone is curmudgeonly enough or has the cojones to 
enter into an adversarial relationship with their superiors.  I don't want 
that kind of stress and tension in my life, at my work, putting out fires 
is less stressful for me.

I'm lucky that my bosses are largely intelligent people with whom I can 
discuss problems and often-times come to a better solution than what I had 
originally proposed.  Sometimes we disagree, and my bosses are wrong 8^), 
but part of my job is that when a decision is made above my pay-grade, to 
do what I'm told.  I suppose I could quit every other month when something 
doesn't go my way, like a petulant child, but that doesn't seem productive 
to me.

At least that's how I see it.  I know that some people will and some won't 
understand where I'm coming from, but I thought the statement should be 
made, as an FYI, not so much as a discussion.

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Mark Tinberg <MTinberg () securepipe com>
Network Administrator, SecurePipe Inc.
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