A few years ago, I was out with friends at a small club to watch a live band perform. As the night wore on, the club filled and filled to almost uncomfortable levels. Because of this, my friends and I became squeezed closer and closer to the door until our little group was standing right next to the entrance. That’s when something out of the ordinary began to happen.
A girl walked into the bar and as she filed through the entrance, she handed me her ticket to get into the club. Incredulous, I sheepishly told her that I wasn’t the bouncer and that she was free to enter, at least as far as I was concerned.
However, people waiting in line behind her didn’t hear this explanation. They simply saw me take her ticket, say something, hand the ticket back, and her walk right in. From then on, everyone began to hand me their ticket. As I saw the entertainment this was providing my infantile buddies, I began to simply accept people’s tickets and wave them in. After about 10-15 minutes of this however, a friend of mine whispered in my ear: ‘The bouncers saw you and they’re coming for us’. Needless to say, I never saw the concert that night.
Now, you may be asking yourself, ‘What does this have to do with technology?’. Well, nothing really. But, what my pointless anecdote IS about is metaphor. It is about the importance of protecting the entrance to your club. It is about the choosing the right person for the job. It is about having someone who actually knows what they’re doing let traffic through your front doors.
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