Re: giving an iSeries system to each college

BOB PORTER
The next paper looks like a Peter Gibbons.

Peter enters.

BOB SLYDELL
Aha! All right. We were just talking about you. You must be Peter
Gibbons. Uh huh. Terrific. I'm Bob Slydell and this is my associate,
Bob Porter.

PETER
Hi, Bob. Bob.

BOB PORTER
Why don't you grab a seat and join us for a minute?

He does so.

BOB SLYDELL
Y'see, what we're trying to do here, we're just trying to get a feel
for how people spend their day. So, if you would, would you just walk
us through a typical day for you?

PETER
Yeah.

BOB SLYDELL
Great.

PETER
Well, I generally come in at least fifteen minutes late. I use the side
door, that way Lumbergh can't see me. Uh, and after that, I just sorta
space out for about an hour.

BOB PORTER
Space out?

PETER
Yeah. I just stare at my desk but it looks like I'm working. I do that
for probably another hour after lunch too. I'd probably, say, in a
given week, I probably do about fifteen minutes of real, actual work.

BOB SLYDELL
Uh, Peter, would you be a good sport and indulge us and tell us a
little more?

PETER
Let me tell you something about TPS reports...'

Cut to later. Peter is more relaxed.

PETER
The thing is, Bob, it's not that I'm lazy. It's just that I just don't
care.

BOB PORTER
Don't, don't care?
PETER
It's a problem of motivation, all right? Now, if I work my ass off and
Initech ships a few extra units, I don't see another dime. So where's
the motivation? And here's another thing, Bob. I have eight different
bosses right now!

BOB SLYDELL
I beg your pardon?

PETER
Eight bosses.

BOB SLYDELL
Eight?

PETER
Eight, bob. So that means when I make a mistake, I have eight different
people coming by to tell me about it. That's my real motivation - is
not to be hassled. That and the fear of losing my job, but y'know, Bob,
it will only make someone work hard enough not to get fired.

BOB SLYDELL
Bear with me for a minute.

PETER
Ok.

BOB SLYDELL
Believe me, this is hypocritical. But what if you were offered some
kind of stock option and equity sharing program?

PETER
I don't know. I guess. Listen, I'm gonna go. It's been really nice
talking to be of you guys.

He shakes their hands.

BOB SLYDELL
Absolutely. It's all on this side of the table, trust me.

PETER
Good luck with your layoffs. I hope your firings go really well.

BOB SLYDELL
Wow.

Cut to the cubicle's. Peter walks past them and into the hall.

BILL
Hey, Peter, what's happening? Listen, uh -

Peter walks right past him.

To: "Midrange Systems Technical Discussion" <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, January 26, 2007 1:05 PM
Subject: RE: giving an iSeries system to each college

Isn't that usually just a single day, maybe two, called Career Day in
most schools?  I've never heard of a whole class in it.

It's not a bad idea, but that's a lot of time devoted to something that
is not part of the No Child Left Behind initiative crap that's been
floating around for the last several years.

I couldn't imagine any school district giving an ok for something like
this as a regular class.




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From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Al Mac
Sent: Friday, January 26, 2007 12:32 PM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: RE: giving an iSeries system to each college

  Once upon a time, like decades ago, some secondary education had a
class
  called "Careers" ... they'd get people to come in from various
professions
  to talk about what a normal work day is like, the kind of skills
needed,
  what lifetime continuing education needed, and so forth.  What
subjects
  you have to be good in school if you are going to be a success in
this
  profession.  What you have to get good at, which is not taught in
school,
  to be a success in that career, like integrity, inter-person
relations,
  design testing in which there's no harm if the test fails.

  In addition to having adults from various walks of life come in,
share
  earning potential, benefits, what's needed to qualify for that job,
  there's job market statistics.  So for example, if you choose to
become a
  high school drop out, then apply for a job as a janitor, how many
other
  people are competing with you to get that job, and does a drop-out
really
  qualify for that job anyway?

  Identify job markets that get closed to you if you have a police
record,
  or other kinds of bad reputations, so your horizons are more open if
you
  avoid that.  What plagarism is and what it will do to your chances of
  getting a college degree.  What can happen to you if you are caught
doing
  plagarism in the work place, such as providing your employer with a
work
  product for them to sell, that you really copied from a competitor.

  There was also statistics on availability of jobs in general, what
kinds
  of jobs being replaced by technology (I guess nowadays by off
shoring),
  how many kids major in _______ some subject in college, because
that's
  their favorite subject, and find the job market there is microscopic
  compared to the qualified people.

  The class also benefited other faculty & staff who listened in, saw
what
  was important in work place today, where educational system not
preparing
  the youth.

  I have asked young people who should know & it sounds to me like that
  class is no longer offered in high school.

  Aaron wrote:

    I guess I am finding that they are very open to
    professionals coming in and telling kids

  -
  Al Macintyre
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:AlMac
  http://www.ryze.com/go/Al9Mac
  BPCS/400 Computer Janitor ... see

http://radio.weblogs.com/0107846/stories/2002/11/08/bpcsDocSources.html
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