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“By cobblehiller on January 20, 2011 3:39 PM
Lech: Dona, Gem and I are/were all in Mktg.”
Yeah I know. I was basically just talking about you though.
“The money shoiuld be spent here, developing weapoms and strengthening our naval and air forces, not on some battle in the desert over there protecting the governments of a corrupt moron.”
How quickly they forget how we got involved in said desert.
I think military spending needs to be better allocated to proven weapons and systems. As is shown on 60 minutes, every other week, the Pentagon is in love with science fiction/video game weapons that don’t work. But….they are made by certain manufacturers that the military has been in bed with for generations. The defense department also spends an abysmal amount of money on what should count – the troops. Both in terms of protecting and arming them, and looking after them when they get wounded. Not to mention military housing and family care for military housing. Much of it is a disgrace.
When I say I am in Marketing, I mean in the broadest sense. The work I’m involved in involves defining our target market, and conceiving what products we can develop that would be competitive in it. In making this determination, you have to consider your technical stengths, current position in the marketplace, post-sales support infrastructure, the revenue that is possible and how much money your company is willing to invest to develop the products. I find it to be more challenging that the 15 years I spent in R&D.
“people in marketing jobs have very little downtime”
That was my experience. Obviously, I’m not working on marketing anymore.
Did Rob shave his head?
“I have an auditor named Bernie who can vouch for this when he gets back from vacation (might be a while)”
Snort!
I think the reason the PLUSA bank account is empty is because it was managed by the marketing people.
Only 10% of marketing & advertising is effective. the trouble is they don’t know what 10%.
By Butterfly on January 20, 2011 3:40 PM
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They would probably mouth read all of the posts and look up half of the words in the dictionary.
i sorta do that
*rob*
Rob, you are getting too much draft on your head with that haircut.
“Thanks, Dave. Lemme see what Denton comes up with first.
By daveinbedstuy on January 20, 2011 10:34 AM
jessi, we have audited results…we were +21% last year.”
Jessi, I’ll do it for 10%, my portfolio was up 97%. I have an auditor named Bernie who can vouch for this when he gets back from vacation (might be a while)