Marine Corps Management Techniques for Techies

[mrph]

"Your problem, sir, is deciding what you want me to do, and my problem, sir, is doing it. My gung-ho posture says that once you give the order I'm not going to bother you with any of the details - and your half of the bargain is that you had better stay on your side of the line, sir, and not bother me with any of the chickenshit politics that you have to deal with for a living"

-Neal Stephenson, 'Cryptonomicon'

I love that quote, I really do.