[Discuss] Justify your existence

[me at mattgillen.net (Matthew Gillen)]

On 12/16/2011 09:44 AM, Matthew Gillen wrote:
> So the biggest thing you need to do IMHO is not let people conflate
> "overhead" with "non-essential".

Just to beat this horse a little more: "overhead" is a technical term 
for accountants; "non-essential" is a judgment call about value to the 
company and the core business.  There is no implicit linkage between the 
two terms, unless the person you're talking to is an idiot.

In which case you should have a few more cocktails before continuing the 
conversation ;-)

Matt