Comments on: My Best Bosses: Pat http://ascii.textfiles.com/archives/1291 Jason Scott's Weblog Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:22:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: joat http://ascii.textfiles.com/archives/1291/comment-page-1#comment-4818 joat Mon, 21 Jan 2008 09:07:03 +0000 http://ascii.textfiles.com/?p=1291#comment-4818 I've had the privilege to work for a lady who took a job more difficult than herding cats (hint: herding teenagers). She was one of those wonderful people who not only would accept you at your word (if you said a project would take 2 weeks, she'd contact you in two weeks), she would steadfastly take the bullet if you performed less than "external" expectations. It wasn't until after she'd left that I realized that she not only had me putting in 50+ hours a week (and not hating a moment), she "forced" me to learn methods and practices which still serve me a decade later. I hope that I'm counted amongst the legion of people that have worked for her in the past and would take pay cuts and move to the Antarctic (if required) to work for her again. I’ve had the privilege to work for a lady who took a job more difficult than herding cats (hint: herding teenagers). She was one of those wonderful people who not only would accept you at your word (if you said a project would take 2 weeks, she’d contact you in two weeks), she would steadfastly take the bullet if you performed less than “external” expectations.

It wasn’t until after she’d left that I realized that she not only had me putting in 50+ hours a week (and not hating a moment), she “forced” me to learn methods and practices which still serve me a decade later. I hope that I’m counted amongst the legion of people that have worked for her in the past and would take pay cuts and move to the Antarctic (if required) to work for her again.

]]> By: Chris http://ascii.textfiles.com/archives/1291/comment-page-1#comment-4817 Chris Mon, 21 Jan 2008 02:35:29 +0000 http://ascii.textfiles.com/?p=1291#comment-4817 Re: Freaks I've worked with so many of these types of people, great at their little niche specialty, but absolute SOBs to deal with every day because of their inflated egos and toxic personalities. I'll take an easy-to-get-along-with but maybe-not-the-smartest-guy-in-the-room person over an egotistical know-it-all any day of the week. Re: Freaks
I’ve worked with so many of these types of people, great at their little niche specialty, but absolute SOBs to deal with every day because of their inflated egos and toxic personalities. I’ll take an easy-to-get-along-with but maybe-not-the-smartest-guy-in-the-room person over an egotistical know-it-all any day of the week.

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