Managers can be useful in many ways:

They can hold down papers that are blowing away

They take up space that would otherwise have to be air conditioned or hea=
ted, thus saving money on utility bills

Sometimes they sign paychecks, which sometimes don't bounce.

They keep chairs and seats from being stolen or lost, by sitting in them

They can make sure the phone does not grow cobwebs by talking on it all d=
ay.=20

Sometimes managers can keep other managers from bugging you while you are=
 coding.  Ok, sometimes not.

If you have a jar of beans, they can count them, keeping them busy and no=
t bugging you while you are coding.=20



Seriously, I had a manager who had high frequency hearing loss, and I wou=
ld call him over every time I made a project that had a beeper.  If he co=
uld hear it, I know everybody could hear it. =20



-- Lawrence Lile, P.E.
Electrical and Electronic Solutions
Project Solutions Companies
www.projsolco.com
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ake Hedman [mailto:akhe@eurosource.se]
> Sent: Friday, October 01, 2004 8:08 AM
> To: Microcontroller discussion list - Public.
> Subject: Re: [PIC]: Ten Secrets of Embedded Debugging
>  >"Even a truly empty mind, such as a manager's, can help."
> naa.. I doubt that... but have an example of the opposite.. (where
> managers can be of use....)
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> I designed an infrared keyboard keyboard in the 80-th working great on
> my desk. The day before the first public demo the manager who should
> demonstrate the system came by to get some instructions and test the
> system. He typed on the keyboard and nothing happened. I typed on the
> keyboard an it worked perfectly. He tried again . Not a key was recorde=
d
> by the system. Several hours later I found a timing error that resulted
> in that a pressing of a key in a slowly and sloppy way did not work but
> hitting it fast and prompt worked. So managers can be of use and the
> demo went well...
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> Lawrence, a good and very interesting article to read.
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> Regards
> /Ake
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