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So WHY Didn't The OGL Contain The Word 'Irrevocable'?
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<blockquote data-quote="GMforPowergamers" data-source="post: 8900531" data-attributes="member: 67338"><p>Here is the thing... not every boss needs to have 'come up' from below. I would love if more did, but sometimes it makes sense for the big guy not to know what the little guys are doing. </p><p></p><p>Thats not to say they should ignore or be mean to them though. </p><p></p><p>Plenty of College and Professional sports coaches used to be athlets... but plenty did not. I don't care if the coach can shoot the 3 pointer or make the play. I care if they can get the player to make the play.</p><p></p><p>It gets worse when you realize how many jobs are under some people... I worked with a company in construction checmicals... the guy I directly coordinated with started out 30 years ago in this company (and would not let anyone for get it) as some kind of engeneer. He worked his way up to a vice presidency... under him was 3 teams of chemists, the shipping reciving department customer service and buyers.</p><p>He didn't know 1 thing about the chemistry really, and he had never loaded or unloaded trucks. He also was never the person buying the materials... but now he has all these people under him who are doing jobs he is not trained for. And they LOVED him.</p><p></p><p>Another company, a food additive company I work with has a head of safety and compliance that ALSO worked his way up, and did every job you could imagine in the 20 years he worked for them... and everyone HATES him. Even knowing what needs to be done at each step he made choices that people hated.</p><p></p><p>I have worked with MANY companies that were corp suits that have no idea how to do the jobs they are in charge of, and many of those that think ILL of those jobs (that need to be done and make them the money they make). Some are still good at what they do some are bad... most fall somewhere between. </p><p></p><p>THe person incharge of WotC doesn't need to have ever played or designed magic or D&D... what they NEED to do is have people under them they trust that know how to do that. </p><p>When companies are working well the nest people are doing the job they are best for. (Not that I see that often)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GMforPowergamers, post: 8900531, member: 67338"] Here is the thing... not every boss needs to have 'come up' from below. I would love if more did, but sometimes it makes sense for the big guy not to know what the little guys are doing. Thats not to say they should ignore or be mean to them though. Plenty of College and Professional sports coaches used to be athlets... but plenty did not. I don't care if the coach can shoot the 3 pointer or make the play. I care if they can get the player to make the play. It gets worse when you realize how many jobs are under some people... I worked with a company in construction checmicals... the guy I directly coordinated with started out 30 years ago in this company (and would not let anyone for get it) as some kind of engeneer. He worked his way up to a vice presidency... under him was 3 teams of chemists, the shipping reciving department customer service and buyers. He didn't know 1 thing about the chemistry really, and he had never loaded or unloaded trucks. He also was never the person buying the materials... but now he has all these people under him who are doing jobs he is not trained for. And they LOVED him. Another company, a food additive company I work with has a head of safety and compliance that ALSO worked his way up, and did every job you could imagine in the 20 years he worked for them... and everyone HATES him. Even knowing what needs to be done at each step he made choices that people hated. I have worked with MANY companies that were corp suits that have no idea how to do the jobs they are in charge of, and many of those that think ILL of those jobs (that need to be done and make them the money they make). Some are still good at what they do some are bad... most fall somewhere between. THe person incharge of WotC doesn't need to have ever played or designed magic or D&D... what they NEED to do is have people under them they trust that know how to do that. When companies are working well the nest people are doing the job they are best for. (Not that I see that often) [/QUOTE]
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