"BAR" wrote in message
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Even now at my advanced age and seniority in the company, my boss has to
tell me to slow down take some time off, stop working so hard. Pass some
work off to the younger guys, let them work through the problems and come
to you if they need help. I can't help myself. I am a producer.


Heh. Maybe, but you haven't understood the message.
You're being phased out.

Your boss is right. Too many people, some young, but mostly the older group
tend to "protect" their value by keeping knowledge to themselves. What they
don't realize is that they can be much more valuable by teaching and sharing
that knowledge to a group of people, thereby multipying their value's worth
and benefit many, many times.


Eisboch

"Eisboch" wrote in message
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"BAR" wrote in message
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Even now at my advanced age and seniority in the company, my boss has to
tell me to slow down take some time off, stop working so hard. Pass some
work off to the younger guys, let them work through the problems and come
to you if they need help. I can't help myself. I am a producer.


Heh. Maybe, but you haven't understood the message.
You're being phased out.

Your boss is right. Too many people, some young, but mostly the older
group tend to "protect" their value by keeping knowledge to themselves.
What they don't realize is that they can be much more valuable by teaching
and sharing that knowledge to a group of people, thereby multipying their
value's worth and benefit many, many times.


Eisboch


Like we always used to say at work......what would happen if so & so was hit
by a bus?
You should have someone below you ready to step up if needed.

Don White wrote:
"Eisboch" wrote in message
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"BAR" wrote in message
...
Even now at my advanced age and seniority in the company, my boss has to
tell me to slow down take some time off, stop working so hard. Pass some
work off to the younger guys, let them work through the problems and come
to you if they need help. I can't help myself. I am a producer.

Heh. Maybe, but you haven't understood the message.
You're being phased out.

Your boss is right. Too many people, some young, but mostly the older
group tend to "protect" their value by keeping knowledge to themselves.
What they don't realize is that they can be much more valuable by teaching
and sharing that knowledge to a group of people, thereby multipying their
value's worth and benefit many, many times.


Eisboch


Like we always used to say at work......what would happen if so & so was hit
by a bus?
You should have someone below you ready to step up if needed.

Everything I do is documented and placed in a "public location."

But, sometimes issues come up that need some creative thinking or are
more easily solved based upon experience. A guy 25 years old doesn't
have 25 years of experience in my field.

"BAR" wrote in message
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But, sometimes issues come up that need some creative thinking or are more
easily solved based upon experience. A guy 25 years old doesn't have 25
years of experience in my field.

So how does the 25 year old get experience in creative thinking?
How did you become experienced in creative thinking?

I know .... it's hard, but the results and rewards are much greater by
developing depth.

Eisboch

Eisboch wrote:
"BAR" wrote in message
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But, sometimes issues come up that need some creative thinking or are more
easily solved based upon experience. A guy 25 years old doesn't have 25
years of experience in my field.

So how does the 25 year old get experience in creative thinking?
How did you become experienced in creative thinking?

I know .... it's hard, but the results and rewards are much greater by
developing depth.

Sometimes the pressure, from above, to get it done doesn't allow for the
25 year old think or be "guided" through the process towards resolution.
Telling the boss to back off and let me teach when the customer is
breathing down his neck isn't received well.

Eisboch wrote:
"BAR" wrote in message
...

But, sometimes issues come up that need some creative thinking or are more
easily solved based upon experience. A guy 25 years old doesn't have 25
years of experience in my field.

So how does the 25 year old get experience in creative thinking?
How did you become experienced in creative thinking?

I know .... it's hard, but the results and rewards are much greater by
developing depth.

Eisboch




BAR exhibits no creative thinking here.

Don White wrote:
"Eisboch" wrote in message
...
"BAR" wrote in message
...
Even now at my advanced age and seniority in the company, my boss has to
tell me to slow down take some time off, stop working so hard. Pass some
work off to the younger guys, let them work through the problems and come
to you if they need help. I can't help myself. I am a producer.

Heh. Maybe, but you haven't understood the message.
You're being phased out.

Your boss is right. Too many people, some young, but mostly the older
group tend to "protect" their value by keeping knowledge to themselves.
What they don't realize is that they can be much more valuable by teaching
and sharing that knowledge to a group of people, thereby multipying their
value's worth and benefit many, many times.


Eisboch


Like we always used to say at work......what would happen if so & so was hit
by a bus?
You should have someone below you ready to step up if needed.


You always used to say that? What a hoot it must have been to work with you.

Don White wrote:
"Eisboch" wrote in message
...
"BAR" wrote in message
...
Even now at my advanced age and seniority in the company, my boss has to
tell me to slow down take some time off, stop working so hard. Pass some
work off to the younger guys, let them work through the problems and come
to you if they need help. I can't help myself. I am a producer.

Heh. Maybe, but you haven't understood the message.
You're being phased out.

Your boss is right. Too many people, some young, but mostly the older
group tend to "protect" their value by keeping knowledge to themselves.
What they don't realize is that they can be much more valuable by teaching
and sharing that knowledge to a group of people, thereby multipying their
value's worth and benefit many, many times.


Eisboch


Like we always used to say at work......what would happen if so & so was hit
by a bus?
You should have someone below you ready to step up if needed.



That's deep. Now go take your nap. You earned it!