Yeah, it’s rough out there for more senior level professionals. Still, I am not sure if it is the company that my friend is keeping or what, but I have heard about more shady contracts and negotiations in the past 3 months than I can remember in the past 3 years. I see a lot of documents and am a bit of a document geek; the stuff I am seeing lately would be comical in other circumstances.
There is a difference between negotation and full disclosure. Obviously. I guess I am old school and expect that you don’t have to say “you have my word” in order for me to assume you are not bring selective in what highly relevant details are revealed. Maybe I am also of a different era – when someone’s word was good as a contract with ramifications should it be broken. I guess I have an Agile philosophy in regard to business. Things change, and that is expected, but you gotta know you are headed the right way.
Shame shame shame.
Again, this is something I’ve learned of through friends. I am waiting for someone at the moment, using my iPhone WordPress app, just venting on their behalf. A bad economy is no excuse for immorality. Now it is true that I have not always been the most moral person in the world. But by word had always been good and I think of Tony Montana… What did he have that he didn’t break for anyone? There is wisdom there. Even rich, we all have to look in the mirror and either see truth or project the image we like. There ate handsomer men than me (so I hear) but I know exactly what u look like and what my friends look like. I do business with friends all the time. It’s great.
In the end, expectations will be met, exceeded, or will fall short of reality. This is important to realize early in any meaningful relationship. Shame on those who use money ad an excuse to bend their word. I denounce you, in full, and curse you on behalf of my friends.
I am personally in a good spot professionally. Today, at least. Things change fast.
You cannot take much for granted these days. What to trust? I only truly trust people and have seen documentation twisted in so many ways that the very idea of it becomes amorphous. Words are, however detailed, ambiguous. This is obviously one issue with BUF requirements in software.
I try to keep these posts topical. However esoteric they may be.
People earn my trust or they don’t. I do not lie, and so people come to trust me quickly. The job does not make you money or happy. The relationship does. This is true for project/client management – and life, too, I think.
A little aside while I wait. Bless you and yours.
Truly,
Josh