Thank you everyone for the comments.

I personally do not agree with many of Putt's statements. However, I decided to leave my opinions out on the OP to avoid any bias in the comments.

Regarding BrowserUk comment:

Many of the law's you cite seem to be holdovers from the late '80s and '90s. (Who remembers Michael Douglas in Wall Street; and "Greed is good"?). Many of them seem to be aimed at 'succeeding' regardless of merit, rather than succeeding because of it.

BrowserUk is right on target! Putt's books explains how to go up in the hierarchy regardless of the technical merits one could have. Moreover, the original book was released in 1981. The version I commented on was updated to reflect technological advances driven by the Internet. Here I should also say that the book is written in an entertaining and many times cynical language. So, I guess that every person would have a different reaction to the book

Regarding madbombX comment:

Clear, concise, and thought through advice (with the proper questions answered and not assumed) is the best advice.

I fully agree with it and I will try to put it in practice all the time!

Regarding sanPerl comment:

If you want to grow in Managerial cadre then you Need 'Human-Management'

This is true. However, I'd wish that Human management and technology management were hand in hand

poqui ++ for the comment:

I LOVE it; your accidental word "Technoogy"; I visualise it as tech giving someone a noogie.

It made me laugh! :-)

Regarding robot_tourist comment:

Both a completely laissez faire attitude and micromanagement from above are wrong, but a little balance should yield a lot of success.

I guess that if more companies follow this advice, we would have more successful companies

webfiend++ especially for the comment related to the giving Advice:

[As] Simple as possible, but no simpler

Finally, I am waiting for zentara to point us the 44 laws that come before the “45th Law of Survival” ;-)

Cheers!

lin0

In reply to Re: [OT]: Putt's Law and how to climb the information technology hierarchy ladder? by lin0
in thread [OT]: Putt's Law and how to climb the information technology hierarchy ladder? by lin0

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