Lotus Notes/Domino:
- Freelance Consultant, Project Manager, Developer, Administrator, Solutions Architect
- PCLP Development (R5)
Acquired:
- mobile wireless datacommunication (Mobitex)
- Windows + tools
- Unix/Linux, C, loads of programming languages, more tools
Education:
- Operating Systems
- Compiler Design
- Programming languages
- Programming principles
- Structured Analysis & Design (Yourdon)
Origins:
- Dutch nationality
- living in France
Mail (EE-related or Requests for Proposal):
d.bugger at wanadoo dot fr
Groupware:
"Give everyone 80% of what they need, at 20% of the costs"
Company policies:
"Is it a policy, or did they really think it over?"
----------------------- About Corporate Culture (source unknown) -----------------------
You have five monkeys in a cage. A bunch of bananas is suspended from the ceiling, a ladder underneath it. One hungry monkey approaches the ladder with a clear intent to get a banana. As soon as it touches the ladder, you turn on the hose and douse all the monkeys with very cold water. In a little while, another monkey attempts to get a banana. Again, cold water for everybody. Turn off the water. When a third monkey, nearly faint with hunger, tries to get a banana, the others will grab it and hold it back, because they dont want another cold shower. Now, remove one monkey from the cage and replace it with a new one. As soon as it sees the bananas, it will try to go for them. The others will viciously attack it. After the third attempt, the rookie will realize that it cannot have a banana. Now, replace another one of the original monkeys with a new one. As soon as it reaches for a banana, it will get attacked by all the others, including the rapidly learning rookie #1, who will be as enthusiastic as the rest of them, if not more so. And so, after you have gradually replaced all the monkeys, the cage will contain five monkeys who have never had a cold shower but who will not allow anyone to get a banana. Why? Because thats the way things are done around here.
----------------------- Interesting reading -----------------------
- EEN DOSIS DARTELHEID, Louise Fresco, NRC 26-01-1995 (not available on the Internet :( )
My interpretation of the article: the writer compares the people in an organisation with a flock of sheep and lambs. It's her theory that an organisation needs a good mix of lambs and sheep. Lambs do all sorts of things that shouldn't be done and aren't allowed, but gradually they turn into boring munching sheep. With only sheep the organisation heads for bureaucracy, with only lambs to anarchy.
