XPost: comp.mobile.android, alt.cellular   
   From: horatio@horatio.net   
      
   On Sun, 25 Sep 2016 21:27:01 -0700, Jeff Liebermann wrote:   
      
   > That was maybe 10 to 15 years ago.  I don't think I could do it today.   
   > The problem today is very different.  With all the distributed   
   > companies and work at home systems, just finding the person in charge   
   > of something is difficult.  Getting a consensus is impossible because   
   > I'm not on their secure work network.  Dinner bribes are also   
   > difficult if the manager is somewhere in India or China.   
      
   I have quite a few friends at both HQs in Mountainview and Cupertino, but   
   over time, their ability to do special things for me has waned.   
      
   Either that, or I lost my power to do things for them in the San Jose HQ   
   once I retired, which is probably half the story.   
      
   :)   
      
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