Re: How do I build a career in engineering (hardware design) ??

"Lewin A.R.W. Edwards" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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I'm sorry to be avoiding a proper discussion here - it's just a matter of
lack of time to do it justice.  I agree with a fair amount of what you're
saying, especially about accountability (or lack thereof) of leadership, but
I'll continue being a quiet vegetarian (here in Norway we're a rare breed,
and commonly referred to as "grass eaters") and refusing to make any sort of
land mine regardless of whether or not the defense company just gets someone
else to do the work.

>
> The problem with modern leadership is that it has virtually no
> accountability. In the good old days, the village planter examined the
> entrails and said "Today is the day for sowing our crops", and if
> there were floods next week that drowned all the fields, he'd be
> quietly executed to appease the gods. Accountability of modern leaders
> is:
>

They should re-introduce the old Celtic tradition whereby tribal leaders
were elected to serve for seven years (or less, if they did a poor job), and
were then sacrificed to the gods.  Under those circumstances, you do the job
for the good of your people, since it is not really for your own gain.

Or the Hitchhikers' Guide to the Galaxy solution, in which the president of
the galaxy is a hermit living in a wooden shack on a lonely planet.  Every
now and again, civil servants arrived to provide food supplies and ask for
decisions on some of the major issues - it's as close to objectivity as
could be achieved.