Trauma_Hound:
Thanks for responding! I understand; I sympathize. A fully signed-up member of the Hacker Club here. Der Rick isn't wrong about everything.
1. From what I understand, Bill is not that computer-technical. Cybernetically, he's a tool-user, not a tool-crafter. Bridging the interpersonal understanding gap can be problematic. The amount of work required to make sites, set up DBs etc. AND THEN KEEPING THEM RUNNING SMOOTHLY is something most underestimate, till it bites them right in the a$$. Which is exactly why one can't leave it right till then.
2. My sincere suggestion is, as I doubt any contracts have been signed by him as yet with A.N.Other Inc., you contact Bill offline as soon as possible with further samples of your work, so he has no reservations as to your competence or ability. Sell yourself.
3. I suggest (reading between the lines) that Bill may be concerned that the SL cause may be let down by those he works with, because of interpersonal issues with him developing over time. Bad comms. Abrasive comms. Misunderstood comms. Escalation. All easy given the instant but permanent medium we use. He has been on one side of a few, shall we say, contretemps involving ex/anti JWs since his brave coming forth. The ex/anti's have hit him as hard as has the WTS, he may feel. He may believe relying on an "outsider" with whom the relationship would be strictly professional and impersonal may be "safer" (as in more reliable, to ensure SL on the web continues smoothly). Now, these may be perceptions. Work around (don't ask me how... I am trying to be constructive here, but I do not have the answers) the reservations, born of experience (and where he is probably at least partly at fault), that he may have on this issue. This is all easier with voice contact. If this done, there is still no movement, ask him "Why not, Bill?"
3. Bill may well have issues with delegation matters, and with sharing/dividing responsibilities. As a wise poster noted above, the City of Seven Hills was not constructed in half a fortnight... attitudes change.
GOOD LUCK, T_H!
I did a little bit of searching on JWD. Some trolls aside, I find I have directly criticized Bill more than virtually any other poster (I listed things I did not like in one of the RF-related threads I started), and have done so more explicitly than anyone in this thread. But I feel my relationship with him is fine. That, to me, indicates that Bill is NO dictator and NO demagogue, as neither of these types can tolerate criticism. Bill DOES accept criticism, but sniping, nitpicking and back-stabbing turn him off. . Bill, I counsel you to - at times - sit on your hands before reacting.
I think Bill is a big guy, and has had to deal with things most of us prefer not to have to think too clearly about because they are SO distasteful. OK, now shoot me down, folks.
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Focus
(Forgive readily Class)
Edited by - Focus on 17 December 2002 3:21:15