Re: Time management

Bill:

> > to recharge. I would assume that at higher levels of pay and
> > responsibility, one has to invest *more*, not less, time in
> > learning.
> 
> "Needs" is not the same as "gets."  Each of us has planned-for
> deliverables.

Sorry, I don't get who "us" refers to here.

> It's not been possible to predict the number or severity of
> fires I would have to fight.  These are things that it has been my
> responsiblity to handle, and which took away from the free time

OK. You are describing a problem you have. I have no bone with that; 
but as I've said, I find it worrying that people at a high level of 
responsibility have this problem in such an acute form, because I 
feel the problem impairs their ability to effectively perform their 
duties. I have seen this effect at close hand with this boss of mine.

> There was a very direct relationship between a person's level and
> the amount of time they had to devote to work to accomplish their
> responsibilities.

Perhaps this suggests that their responsibilities are not as 
efficiently matched to their abilities as they might be. Perhaps one 
would find that two CEOs would do more calmly and more effectively 
the job that one CEO has a hard time doing - just as I've found that 
two programmers do more simply and more effectively the work that one 
programmer has trouble wrapping his head around.

> It appears to me that one of the determining factors in achieving
> higher positions in large corporations is a willingness to
> subjugate ones personal needs to the needs of the organization.

My experience in this regard matches yours, and my anecdotal 
knowledge. My concern (and perhaps my reason for wanting to change 
this) is that this cannot be "compartimented" - it will inevitably 
extend right down to requiring employees to subjugate their needs to 
that of the organization.

And remember that we're still talking about XP here. My interest in 
XP is due to my perception that it stands somewhere definite in 
relation to, among others, the problems above.



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