TimothyMoulder
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It's more than supply and demand.
People who invest time and energy in learning a skill often find themselves operating on a different level from those who have not. I spend a fair amount of time trying to explain to managers what I am doing, and it's not easy. They don't have the right framework to understand it, and I often end up teaching them more than explaining to them.
What really drives me (and others, too) bonkers isn't those who don't understand - it's those who don't understand and DISMISS. It's the arrogant manager-types who assume because they don't know it, it must not be important.
You know who I'm talking about - we all do. We've all seen them, and a few of us have had the horrible misfortune to suffer under them, myself included. Like I said, I know how good I have it here.
The drips who treat our work like something any chimp could bang out with a keyboard and a hammer are the variable you don't take into account in your formula. Demand is skewed by misperception. Because the boss thinks any idiot could do your job, your pay is commiserate with any idiot's, regardless of the quality of your work.
And you'll take your check, swallow what remains of your pride, and keep going. Because you've got a family to feed, and the twit you work for is just stupid enough to make good his threat to replace you with any idiot.
TM
It's more than supply and demand.
People who invest time and energy in learning a skill often find themselves operating on a different level from those who have not. I spend a fair amount of time trying to explain to managers what I am doing, and it's not easy. They don't have the right framework to understand it, and I often end up teaching them more than explaining to them.
What really drives me (and others, too) bonkers isn't those who don't understand - it's those who don't understand and DISMISS. It's the arrogant manager-types who assume because they don't know it, it must not be important.
You know who I'm talking about - we all do. We've all seen them, and a few of us have had the horrible misfortune to suffer under them, myself included. Like I said, I know how good I have it here.
The drips who treat our work like something any chimp could bang out with a keyboard and a hammer are the variable you don't take into account in your formula. Demand is skewed by misperception. Because the boss thinks any idiot could do your job, your pay is commiserate with any idiot's, regardless of the quality of your work.
And you'll take your check, swallow what remains of your pride, and keep going. Because you've got a family to feed, and the twit you work for is just stupid enough to make good his threat to replace you with any idiot.
TM
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