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Jim Thompson
- Jan 1, 1970
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Hate to even admit Slowman exists, but...
Slowman:
Truth: Probably why I was asked to sub for an ill Barrie Gilbert at
the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology in 1986 for a week-long
seminar presentation... my own material by the way.
Truth: Motorola asked for an across-the-board 20% lay-off. I refused
to lay-off any of my department. Motorola pushed... I responded by
laying myself off. ALL of my team quit and joined me at Dickson
Electronics... verifiable FACT.
John Fields:
This actually happened this past summer at Honeywell, Plymouth, MN...
I was presenting a simplification to Honeywell's circuit
implementation while contending with a young buck constantly
interrupting... clearly not understanding.
Finally a manager told the young buck to sit down and shut up, "...so
we can hear how an old master would solve our problem" ;-)
Then a tornado went zooming by the building... I kid you not :-(
...Jim Thompson
Hate to even admit Slowman exists, but...
Slowman:
"Jim is - as usual - out of touch with reality - which probably
helps him present his (admittedly above average) design skills as if
he was another Bob Widlar, Hans Camenzind or Barry Gilbert.
Truth: Probably why I was asked to sub for an ill Barrie Gilbert at
the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology in 1986 for a week-long
seminar presentation... my own material by the way.
Guys
like that do get hired, but they don't last - and Jim did leave
Motorola because they didn't want to keep on using his team."
Truth: Motorola asked for an across-the-board 20% lay-off. I refused
to lay-off any of my department. Motorola pushed... I responded by
laying myself off. ALL of my team quit and joined me at Dickson
Electronics... verifiable FACT.
John Fields:
First, the presumption is that since you purport to be a judge of
who's in touch with reality and who isn't, then in order to be
qualified to make that judgment _you_ must be in touch with reality.
Second, I suggest that if Jim does have the presentation skills you
mention, then he is very much _in_ touch with reality in that he
knows what to do to in order to sell himself and his stuff in the
real world.
Finally, since it follows naturally that Jim is _clearly_ in touch
with reality and you claim that he isn't, that means that your
statement that he isn't is untrue, ergo a lie, which makes _you_ a
liar. Either that or _you're_ the one who's out of touch with
reality and believes the statement that Jim isn't, to be true.
This actually happened this past summer at Honeywell, Plymouth, MN...
I was presenting a simplification to Honeywell's circuit
implementation while contending with a young buck constantly
interrupting... clearly not understanding.
Finally a manager told the young buck to sit down and shut up, "...so
we can hear how an old master would solve our problem" ;-)
Then a tornado went zooming by the building... I kid you not :-(
...Jim Thompson