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On Sunday 15 November 2009 14:47:14 Stroller wrote: |
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> > I find the root password in a sealed envelope in the safe is the ideal |
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> > insurance for that. |
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> Totally agree. |
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> My biggest customer, unfortunately, has taken on a large investment of |
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> capital recently, resulting in a new director who's really pretty |
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> clueless. Basically, his dad bought him a job. He has insisted on |
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> Domain Administrator rights because he "just wants to do the simple |
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> stuff" himself; the first program he wanted to upgrade he needed my |
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> help with because the installer is a piece of junk. I know that he's |
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> going to mess things up and cost himself more money (create more |
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> hassles for me) in the long term, but he won't hear it and I can't |
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> just walk away; this is not only because I have a great relationship |
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> with the other owner and also because they're currently a significant |
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> proportion of my annual income. |
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And you think being a "Company Director" carries any weight at all? |
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Tut, tut, young fellow. You have a lot to learn :-) |
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Tell him you will give him administrator rights if, and only if, he can |
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successfully solve a problem you set up. Make it something fair ( you are not |
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unreasonable after all). |
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If he fails at this, then you reduce his rights so that he can do the mundane |
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stuff which apparently is what he wants to be doing. |
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The most useful skill I ever learned in all of technology was how to tell |
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someone straight up and down that they don't know much, without actually |
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offending them. |
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alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com |
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