11.04.05
Madness of crowds
Okay, first, this has absolutely nothing to do with my current job, which I recently quit but have not yet left. No, really.
Why do companies make large, insane decisions? If I decided that every developer at my company had to spend half their day sweeping out the parking garage, they’d all quit — and anyone could tell me that. It’d be crazy to implement that, no matter how dirty the garage was.
But a lot of executive-level decisions are like that. “We need an underserved market… Hey, let’s go give out cell phones to people in prison for cell phone fraud if they sign up for a year’s service! What could go wrong?”
Deanna said,
November 8, 2005 at 12:11 am
You quit your job, Derek? For greener pastures or to do baseball stuff full-time?
I’ve enjoyed reading your Australia adventures. You need to post more of them!
DMZ said,
November 9, 2005 at 1:36 pm
I’m woooooooooorking on it!
I uh, quit and then didn’t quit. I’m a passionate guy.