Richard,

>>> And you never want to tell anyone that you can do this.  If they know
you
>>> can they'll want you to.

>> On the other hand, letting the organization know that you, and only you,
can
>> perform awesome feats can only help advance your salary.

Hmm, this would normally be true, except that - I work for IBM! 'Nuff said
I think!
I'm sure fellow IBM'ers on this list will know what I mean... Only joking
:o)

>> Just be sure to thwart
>> requests for such feats by also advising that actually performing the
feat will
>> be infeasible for the organization because of the costs involved - which
they
>> hopefully won't associate with your salary and thus reduce it to make
the
>> feat feasible.  Kinda sounds like a Simpsons episode.  :-$

Simpsons episode? Now that sounds more like the IBM that I work for! Once
again, only joking!

>>  Richard Sims, BU

David McClelland
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IBM EMEA Technical Centre,
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