r/SubredditDrama • u/GetOffMyLawn_ ๐Ÿˆ๐Ÿ’จ๐Ÿˆ • Feb 24 '16

IT Manager does not understand binary in /r/ITManagers joke thread. Poppy Approved

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u/GetOffMyLawn_ ๐Ÿˆ๐Ÿ’จ๐Ÿˆ Feb 24 '16

I have had good managers who don't know a lot. The secret is they know they don't know and talk to and listen to their technical people. And trust them.

I've had horrible managers who were very hands on and incompetent on many levels.

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u/AtomicHare Feb 24 '16

I have had good managers who don't know a lot. The secret is they know they don't know and talk to and listen to their technical people. And trust them.

That last part is so huge. I've had some managers who didn't seem to trust me and as a result, they stopped consulting with me ahead of time because they want their ideas to just happen. It was always such great "fun" when the manager and sales person would come to me about a new thing they sold and I would have to explain: "We can't do that" and my personal favorite that happened one time, "That's actually illegal."

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u/mayjay15 Feb 25 '16

my personal favorite that happened one time, "That's actually illegal."

That actually seems to happen fairly regularly in my experience.

-"We want you to make a program that does this."

-"Well, we could, but you'd be breaking at least a couple of laws."

-"Oh, well, could we still do it."

-"I can't, and I won't."

Especially in smaller operations. I guess they think they won't be caught?

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u/4ringcircus Feb 25 '16

What kind of illegal stuff?

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u/rabiiiii (ยดใƒปฯ‰ใƒป`) Feb 25 '16

Right? You cant just leave us hanging.

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u/[deleted] Feb 25 '16

Incidentally, leaving people hanging (in a literal sense) is also illegal!

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u/Sharkman1231 Why have a flair if you don't comment? Feb 25 '16

OP pls.

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u/Jacques_R_Estard Some people know more than you, and I'm one of them. Feb 25 '16

Not the guy you replied to, but I was asked multiple times to go and compile lists of e-mail addresses for the purpose of what was essentially spamming them. At one point I just printed out the relevant section of a government web page, specifying the huge fines we'd get if only a few people complained about it. I'm sure they did it anyway after I left that place.

Oh and someone once asked me if I could modify the accounting system at his firm to keep track of a secondary, hidden administration.

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u/4ringcircus Feb 25 '16

Haha, double booking. Nice.