[OT] Re: [Elecraft] re: [K3] Shipping Update

[Tom Childers, N5GE]

On Fri, 2 Nov 2007 16:15:14 -0600, you wrote:

>Monty Shultes wrote:
>
>> You can have your novel, one-of-a-kind, never-done-before project on
>> time, or on budget, or on spec. But you can't have all three.
>>
>> Most people opt for the delay in order to hold the price down and
>> maintain quality.
>
><ROTFL> Wow, Monty, where do (did) you work? I want to appply for a position 
>there!
>
>With the exception of my current employer (thankfully), in my thirty years 
>working in various Silicon Valley high-tech companies, the development project 
>priorities have usually been, in this order:
>
>(A) Schedule
>(B) Budget
>(C) Spec (features, quality, performance, etc.)
>
>Of course, in the mad 80-hours-a-week rush to meet the ship deadline set by 
>Marketing, all kinds of things would be done wrong, or poorly, or not at all, 
>and (C) would go completely out the window, to levels even Sales couldn't 
>stomach. This would then require much redesign, rework, retest, etc., blowing 
>both (A) and (B) out of the water anyway.
>
>And Management would do this again, and again, and again...
>
>One definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over while 
>continuing to expect a different result each time. I'll tell you, most of the 
>high-tech companies I've worked for were certifiable!  :-)
>
>Bill / W5WVO
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Amen!  I retired from the software development rat race in June :o)

Tom, N5GE

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