What are your unpopular opinions? (Vol. 2)
Discussion
TwigtheWonderkid said:
My opinion, and not sure it's unpopular, is that any comment about history that starts with "If you can ignore the genocide" isn't really worth reading, unless is says "If you can ignore the genocide, then you're a psychopath".
I can't ignore the genocide, nor can I ignore the fact that Mussolini was hanged, not hung. He was a human, not a painting.
I am not sure if that is correct.I can't ignore the genocide, nor can I ignore the fact that Mussolini was hanged, not hung. He was a human, not a painting.
Mussolini was hung upside down from a lamp post. Is hung, not hanged, correct in those circumstances?
Strangely Brown said:
I will say that there are some, a few, project managers who I have worked with that actually know their role and do it brilliantly. The vast majority, however, are just self-important tossers.
In my experience when the project manager is an employee of the company whose project it is then that tends to work very well, as they know the business, know a lot of the people concerned, and appreciate that those other people are going to be better placed to make decisions. When I hear that the project manager is 'somebody we've bought in from KPMG' my heart does tend to sink a little. It usually means twice the number of calls, five times the bulls
t, incomprehensible 20-page Powerpoint decks being sent round on a daily basis, and the project manager generally going out of their way to make it clear that they really are managing the st out of the project.I've never had any real problem with a project manager though bar one occasion when I had a run-in with a jumped-up turd from one of the big four accountancy firms. I basically said 'I don't need to be heavily involved at this stage [sending out a tender doc], but be sure to make it clear in the tender that our requirements are X, Y and Z - we need these to comply with regulations, and if we're not compliant with them then the whole project is pointless'. I toddle off on holiday shortly after, and when I come back I discover that the project manager had decided that requirement X was OK, requirement Z was OK, but he'd felt that requirement Y was a bit limiting/costly and so had somehow persuaded the client to omit that from the tender. So the client had received a load of quotes from potential suppliers that were worthless because they didn't cover what the client actually needed. The little git tried to pin it on me, seemingly forgetting that I'd sent multiple emails not three weeks previously explaining what we needed and why. Utter shyster.
Strangely Brown said:
I will say that there are some, a few, project managers who I have worked with that actually know their role and do it brilliantly. The vast majority, however, are just self-important tossers.
Funny my experience in engineering is the other way round. I think part of the difference is that in the organisations I've worked with and in the project manager often isn't a leader, they're an administrator who pulls together all the disparate bits of the project into an organised structure to help all the stakeholders bring it together. Basically the one that herds the cats.As an engineer who ends up managing projects as I haven't had a department big enough to justify a dedicated project manager, it's pretty difficult to separate the technology strategy and development from actually making sure the boring stuff is done and that all the different tasks are lined up to be completed for when all the other bits of the project need them. When you've got a few different projects on the go you can end up absolutely f
ked.Normally I do the boring stuff while I run round spinning plates by trying to get everyone to understand the bigger picture and jog them to own their bit for themselves but I can easily see how someone with a more...err... 'structured method' would end up being a Powerpoint Nazi.
Alickadoo said:
TwigtheWonderkid said:
My opinion, and not sure it's unpopular, is that any comment about history that starts with "If you can ignore the genocide" isn't really worth reading, unless is says "If you can ignore the genocide, then you're a psychopath".
I can't ignore the genocide, nor can I ignore the fact that Mussolini was hanged, not hung. He was a human, not a painting.
I am not sure if that is correct.I can't ignore the genocide, nor can I ignore the fact that Mussolini was hanged, not hung. He was a human, not a painting.
Mussolini was hung upside down from a lamp post. Is hung, not hanged, correct in those circumstances?
Forester1965 said:
Countdown said:
I don't think it's unreasonable for those doing the funding to have a greater say in how the funding is used.
How would that work in practical terms?Countdown said:
Forester1965 said:
Countdown said:
I don't think it's unreasonable for those doing the funding to have a greater say in how the funding is used.
How would that work in practical terms?Countdown said:
Antony Moxey said:
So the haves have even more and the have nots get even less. Brilliant.
You mean the "Haves" keep more of what they earned and the "Have Nots" get less of other people's money?That doesn't necessarily have to be the outcome.
Antony Moxey said:
Countdown said:
Antony Moxey said:
So the haves have even more and the have nots get even less. Brilliant.
You mean the "Haves" keep more of what they earned and the "Have Nots" get less of other people's money?That doesn't necessarily have to be the outcome.
Countdown said:
Antony Moxey said:
So the haves have even more and the have nots get even less. Brilliant.
You mean the "Haves" keep more of what they earned and the "Have Nots" get less of other people's money?That doesn't necessarily have to be the outcome.
None of these variables are in one's control.
Drew106 said:
What's your metric for who has "earned" their position. Are you weighting for parents wealth, geographical location, schools attended, intelligence, health etc etc.
None of these variables are in one's control.
None of these variables are in one's control.
It's a very Victorian view that stifles social mobility.At least it's in the right thread, although it'd probably fit in NP&E!
Drew106 said:
Countdown said:
Antony Moxey said:
So the haves have even more and the have nots get even less. Brilliant.
You mean the "Haves" keep more of what they earned and the "Have Nots" get less of other people's money?That doesn't necessarily have to be the outcome.
None of these variables are in one's control.
"he who pays the piper should call the tune"
Countdown said:
My suggestion is based purely on "actual tax people have paid" - it doesn't matter HOW they earned the money.
"he who pays the piper should call the tune"
Could be interesting if you add in all taxes, so not just Income Tax/NI/CGT. "he who pays the piper should call the tune"
Priority lanes for smokers and people who do high miles in an ICE sound good
C5_Steve said:
Countdown said:
Any vehicle with fake plates should be crushed and the driver banned for 10 years.
Yeah I'm always surprised the punishment isn't higher for this, hardly likely someone is on them by accident surely. Countdown said:
Drew106 said:
Countdown said:
Antony Moxey said:
So the haves have even more and the have nots get even less. Brilliant.
You mean the "Haves" keep more of what they earned and the "Have Nots" get less of other people's money?That doesn't necessarily have to be the outcome.
None of these variables are in one's control.
"he who pays the piper should call the tune"
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