Bowling for Dollars
19th March 2009
Cringely, after a long and rambling but still entertaining essay, finally imparts some wisdom.
I learned an important lesson that day; success in a large organization, whether it’s a university or IBM, is generally based on appearance, not reality. It is understanding the system and then working within it that really counts, not bowling scores or body bags.
And that’s the truest thing you’ll see today.