So be cheery, my lads, let your hearts never fail, While the bold harpooneer is striking the whale!
—Nantucket Song in Herman Melville, Moby Dick
At this point the danger arises that he may first exclaim, “Is that any business of yours, sir? Who are you to me?”, and then, if you continue to pester him, he may raise his fist and land a blow on you. This is an enterprise that I too was once very keen to pursue, until I fell into such difficulties.
—Epictetus, Discourses
Job Descriptions
An interesting thing you discover when you become a government Chief Information Officer (CIO) is that your job description is a law. The Clinger-Cohen Act of 1996, ...
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