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A man after my own heart!

After MANY revisions (most of which were done at the Project Leader's instigation), I demo'd my screen to my project leader (this was a few years ago), and she said "What if they do this?" and proceeded to do one of the most stupid things I've ever seen. My response was "then obviously they're too stupid to sit down in front of my screen"

>>Paraphrasing...
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>>Don't bother trying to idiot-proof your applications. They'll just build a better idiot.
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>Based on actual conversation during a meeting I had some time ago with the managers of some of my users. The crux of the conversation had centered around keeping bad data out of the systems.
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>Me: So basically what you're asking me to do is idiot proof the systems for you, is that right?
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>Them: Yes!
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>Me: OK, it's simple to do: In order to idiot proof the systems, Don't let idiots use them!
"You don't manage people. You manage things - people you lead" Adm. Grace Hopper
Pflugerville, between a Rock and a Weird Place
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