I have a customer who is doing some remodeling and the owner of the company wants to move solely to wireless. I’ve given them all the reasons why this is a bad idea, but I’m not sure if they will go with wireless yet or not. It’s kind of funny because I was recently talking with an IT counterpart at another church who is faced with a similar situation concerning wireless.
The real difference in these two cases from a support point of view is that I’ll get paid a lot more money to support a stupid decision than he will. Also I don’t have a vested interest in the health of that company (yeah I like the people who work there and own the business but the widgets they make will not save the souls of people and therefore it matters no more than paperclips). Honestly if I give a customer all the information upfront and she makes the wrong decision then I benefit from it in the long run. In my counterparts case he will be forced to support an architecture he knows is unstable and he knows that in the long run this decision will cost far more than adding wires to the mix.
If you hire someone to help you make decisions and then force them to implement something they oppose, then you should be man enough to apologize when your stupid idea blows up in your face. If you are on the other side of the line, remember God has put people in authority over you. Make sure you give them all the facts and then let God be God. This might be your chance to be used by God to truly teach someone a lesson in humility (it might be you). And if you’re a consultant just shut up and cash that whopping big check. J
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