It’s been quite some time since I first ran across Giving good report but from time to time, I come back to it just to keep myself in check.
If you’ve never read the paper, you should. [0] It’s by a gentleman whom I’ve never met named Richard Threadgill.
Basically, it is a plea to all technical workers to keep management informed about what they’re doing. For many of you, this may seem a simple concept but I’m pretty sure all of you know someone that is being described by this paper.
I’m lucky enough to have a boss that has been amongst sysadmins for a very (VERY [1]) long time and understands the oddities common in our profession. He’s good at extracting the information if someone isn’t good at giving it.
[0] Yeah. I just should on you
[1] I’m talking Multics old.
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