[120564] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Revisiting the Aviation Safety vs. Networking discussion
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Eddy Martinez)
Thu Dec 24 13:22:40 2009
From: Eddy Martinez <eddy@fasteddy.org>
In-Reply-To: <m2bphojlbd.wl%randy@psg.com>
Date: Thu, 24 Dec 2009 10:22:08 -0800
To: Randy Bush <randy@psg.com>
Cc: NANOG list <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
On Dec 24, 2009, at 10:09 AM, Randy Bush wrote:
>> I _do_ create action plans and _do_ quarterback each step and _do_
>> slap down any attempt to deviate.
>=20
> imagine a network engineering culture where the concept of 'attempt to
> deviate' just does not occur.
>=20
> randy
=3D]
The networking group is under control.=20
Its the software engineers that start making edits to configs and code =
on the fly, improvisation at its finest. I guess my scope of interaction =
is greater than just networking. The hard part is that its a peer =
situation and how do you elevate the members of another team who have a =
lessor standard of operation. Also, they feel its fine to act like a =
cowboy and tackle problems on the fly. As long as the product is live =
before the window close. Then there is the almighty "We can't back out, =
we already made too many changes" that makes me want to grab rope and =
attach it to the ceiling.=20
Have a Merry Christmas,=20
Eddy=20
