A semi-hard landing....

[Gene Kim-Eng]

I wonder if this is yet another characterisitc of the way things
work in the software industry.  In most companies I've
worked in we did research, designed, reviewed, revised and 
re-reviewed multiple times before ever cutting the first piece
of metal (i.e., "measure twice, cut once").  The idea that 
anyone on the team - engineers, tech writers, etc. - should
be whacking out "deliverables" from day one without first
doing the preliminaries would be considered madness.

Gene Kim-Eng



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "James Barrow" <vrfour at verizon.net>

> Yeah, what that Gene feller said;^)
> 
> What struck me was how Bob is looking at your duties and responsibilities.
> Along the lines of being deliverable-driven, it sounds like Bob looks at
> documentation as an end to a means: just keep peckin' away at your keyboard.
> 
> So what did Bob tell you that you had to deliver?  What are your
> deliverables?  Have you met previous deadlines, if any?
> 
> If Bob is judging his employee's worth based on the number of keys they
> press in a day, then Bob is an idiot.