Supreme Cmdr Posted April 2, 2007 Report Share Posted April 2, 2007 ...and you guys think I'm outspoken and abrasive heh Alex is a hoot. You've GOT to meet him and be in the same room with him, to understand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weegee_101 Posted April 3, 2007 Report Share Posted April 3, 2007 quote:A very weird thing happened. It turned out I wasn't fired, and I started getting called into all the meetings where publishing architecture was discussed. I told them what was broken, and they would say, "What do we have to do to fix it, and please don't tell Bill we suck." I was able to ultimately replace a lot of the people who were in charge of Microsoft's publishing architecture, bringing in a lot of the people that I'd worked with. I persuaded companies like Adobe to put their software on Windows 95, and ultimately ended up transforming Windows's print architecture. I acquired a great deal of power and credibility [with Bill Gates], even though I wasn't well-regarded by a lot of the senior executives. I think some of that experience carried into Direct X, because when I say loud and clearly that something's broken, that doesn't get you fired, but it certainly gets a lot of people pissed off at you.He is now my hero. If only I could get away with that in my current job. Some of the crap my peers come out with is pretty disgusting code. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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