Who is your Herman?
This is a side note to a bigger article I want to write but some background is needed first. In 2008, I was introduced to a new client with a huge project. The project specifications were extremely detailed. The IT director who created the specifications seemed very heavy handed and almost scary. Side note: I never met the man in person, I communicated with him via email and telephone. He passed away in the fall of 2016. I did see a picture of him once. Not at all what I expected. By some miracle and my refusal to fail, the project was completed on time. And was the first of many projects to be completed for this client. Even after his passing, we continued to work on projects for the company as I had amassed quite a bit of subject knowledge that I needed to pass back to the newer employees of the department. Why does this matter? Herman was that IT director and even though I had almost 20 years of programming experience, I lea...