Reply to: What is a senior position?

[MarillionFan]

Actually I've found that you don't need to kiss ass to climb up the ladder - all you need is to genuinely not give a sh!te because you don't really need the job. Then you tend to treat the very senior people without deference. And because you do that they assume you must be senior too and make it so.

Flippin heck! Good advice. I've been on this board for over 10 years and Sasguru has just posted his first decent posting.

Well done Sas, try not to leave it another 10 years.

[DiscoStu]

Spoons is a good position for seniors - not so stressful on the joints.

HTH

[suityou01]

I will try that in the next meeting

Well done that man.

Report back with your findings.

[Andy2]

Saying "fook it" is the right decision 99.99% of the time ...

I will try that in the next meeting

[suityou01]

[QUOTE=DS23;1062232]tecnical - functional - planning - support - whatever. if you run a ltd co you are a director and should run your business as you see fit. a plan that includes expanding skills is wise but make sure that the path is based upon what you and your business need rather than vague perceptions of a resource hierarchy.[/QUOTE]



all skilled IT jobs being off shored

[DS23]

tecnical - functional - planning - support - whatever. if you run a ltd co you are a director and should run your business as you see fit. a plan that includes expanding skills is wise but make sure that the path is based upon what you and your business need rather than vague perceptions of a resource hierarchy.

[sasguru]

Reminds me of Ian Botham turning up to bat in the third ashes test in 1981 having had a few drinks the night before and not feeling any pressure ‘because we were about to lose the series anyway’. What happened next is the stuff of legends.

Saying "fook it" is the right decision 99.99% of the time ...

[Mich the Tester]

Ha! Works in real life.
Not giving a sh!te means you are a better decision maker as you can see things clearly and so it becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy.

Reminds me of Ian Botham turning up to bat in the third ashes test in 1981 having had a few drinks the night before and not feeling any pressure ‘because we were about to lose the series anyway’. What happened next is the stuff of legends.

[sasguru]

Watch it. Funny film about young programmers struggling to come to terms with a 'toxic office'

One of them gets hypnotised, to not give a flip, and the hypnotist croaks it before he can revert him back again so he wanders around in a nonchalant daze not ever giving a flip.

The management consultants are brought in, and tag him as 'management material' as soon as they see his aloof style.

Ha! Works in real life.
Not giving a sh!te means you are a better decision maker as you can see things clearly and so it becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy.

[suityou01]

No. Why?

Watch it. Funny film about young programmers struggling to come to terms with a 'toxic office'

One of them gets hypnotised, to not give a flip, and the hypnotist croaks it before he can revert him back again so he wanders around in a nonchalant daze not ever giving a flip.

The management consultants are brought in, and tag him as 'management material' as soon as they see his aloof style.

[Churchill]

No that’s a junior position as it requires a youth with agility.

[sasguru]

Have you seen the film office space?

No. Why?

[suityou01]

Actually I've found that you don't need to kiss ass to climb up the ladder - all you need is to genuinely not give a sh!te because you don't really need the job. Then you tend to treat the very senior people without deference. And because you do that they assume you must be senior too and make it so.

Have you seen the film office space?

[sasguru]

SAS You need a bit of practice with the deference bit. Why dont you give it a go with AtW and SB

If I don't treat senior people with deference, why would I do so with village idiots?

[DodgyAgent]

Actually I've found that you don't need to kiss ass to climb up the ladder - all you need is to genuinely not give a sh!te because you don't really need the job. Then you tend to treat the very senior people without deference. And because you do that they assume you must be senior too and make it so.

SAS You need a bit of practice with the deference bit. Why dont you give it a go with AtW and SB