The question is how you determine what *job* someone knows how to do. It's all about perception. Again rating someone's performance is also a perception. Lots of people thrive in the grey areas. That is a problem though!! IMHO, approach to the job makes a big difference. People can learn and can slack off. Persistence does help. So, does motivation. -----Original Message----- From: John Stracke [mailto:jstracke@INCENTIVESYSTEMS.COM] Sent: Friday, May 03, 2002 12:38 PM To: ietf@ietf.org Subject: RE: How many standards or protocols... >IMHO, people are people. Whether they are in sales or engineering or >management or in >Marketing or communication, it does not matter!! When you ask someone to do a job, it does matter what job they know how to do. /===========================================================\ |John Stracke |Principal Engineer | |jstracke@incentivesystems.com |Incentive Systems, Inc. | |http://www.incentivesystems.com |My opinions are my own. | |===========================================================| |Sleep is for wimps--healthy, well-adjusted wimps, but wimps| |nonetheless. | \===========================================================/