CHAPTER 5: INVESTIGATING THE WETWARE

My regular Monday morning 8 am one-on-one meeting with Ramesh, was where we went through what I was working on and where it stood. It also provided Ramesh the opportunity to give me his favourite management directive. “What keeps you from having this done already?”

On my way to his office, I’d almost stopped by and asked Jessica’s admin to set up a meeting, so I could present my solution to her, and her direct reports, at the earliest opportunity. Maybe it was the lack of sleep, or perhaps it was some cowardly caution on my part, but while waiting for Jessica’s admin to finish her phone call and speak to me, I decided to wait until I had cleared it with Ramesh.

He could be such a stickler for the chain of ...

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