On May 6, 7:29 pm, Roy Schestowitz <newsgro...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Microsoft Memories
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> | At some point in your presentation billg will say "that's the dumbest
> | fucking idea I've heard since I've been at Microsoft." He looks like
> | he means it. However, since you knew he was going to say this, you
> | can't really let it faze you. Moreover, you can't afford to look
> | fazed; remember: he's a bully.
> `----
>
> http://blog.tomevslin.com/2007/05/microsoft_memor.html
>
BFD!
Before I could become a submarine nuclear propulsion engineer I had to
pass an interview with Admiral Hyman Rickover. This is a picnic in the
park compared to what Admiral Rickover would and could do.
And as the article goes on to say (which you obviously ommited):
<quote>
Some people flourished in this trial by fire atmosphere. In fact,
that is exactly what billg was doing. As smart as he is, he had no
way to know most of the time whether the person presenting to him was
right or wrong (unless their logic was obviously confused in which
case they deserved whatever happened to them). So he tested us.
Since you knew you were likely to be tested on anything, you really
did think long and hard about what you were doing and what you were
presenting. You had to be really tough to bluff although it
happened. And you worked doubly hard afterwards to make sure that
what you just presented so confidently actually came to pass.
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