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Re: As for me, I have always enjoyed puzzles and problem solving

What a coincidence. Around 1975 or 1976 I had to find a course for visiting engineers from the Taiwan Power Company who wanted to learn computerized inventory control (no bar codes yet in those days.) Apparantly keeping track of spare parts for power plants and distribution equipment all over the island of Taiwan was a problem.) Of three potential vendors, Stanford Linear Accelerator in Palo Alto, McDonald Douglas McAuto in St Louis, and one in Boston (was it Arthur Anderson?) we selected Stanford. I was only too glad I didn't have to take the course it myself.

I also like problem solving. But not that kind of problem. It doesn't interest me in the least. Just keeping track of my own things is already too hard. BTW, most of the consultants I've seen who proposed and had business solutions implimented fell flat on their faces. I've come to the conclusion that good people will overcome any handicap no matter how bad the system they work under is while bad people will never succeed no matter how good their system is. Selection of the right people is far more crucial to business success than selection of the right system which is of marginal importance. It can make life harder or easier but it is not a determining factor in success or failure of an enterprise. When the boss is a jackass, nothing else matters.

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