But you cannot know everything! At some point, especially as a manager, you are going to have to defer to someone with more expertise. The sound judgment then is knowing who to defer to and making sure you have access to the right people (via friends, contacts, the people you hire, etc.).
Asking on Perl Monks would have been a much, much better idea if you had been more willing to listen to the answers you got even if you did not like them.
I am really concerned for you and your team because you seem to be micro-managing the technology even though you are not qualified to do so. If I was working under you I think I would find that extremely frustrating and I would consider the project more likely to run into problems (over budget, past due, etc.). I understand your desire to be on top of things but you need to let go of that desire to control everything and focus on better delegation, trust in your team, etc.
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Actually, no, I will limit myself to only doing what is in my expertise and no-one elses and delegate everything that I can - You have mispredicted that because I challenge information and ideas to assure their quality and to seek alternatives before commiting human resources.
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So you “. . . challenge other posts if they seem to draw conclusions too rashly or to get more info” and “. . . challenge information and ideas to assure their quality and to seek alternatives . . . .” That doesn’t sound too bad. But taken in the context of posts like Re^6: How to implement a fourth protocol and what impression are we left with? That you have been intentionally confrontational to see what kind of a response you would provoke? I really want to believe that it is just the way you are coming across but it just doesn’t feel that way and that makes me sad for you.
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