Careers: One reader finds himself in the sticky situation of having a new boss that lacks IT experience and never makes time for it. Add to that vibes bad enough that our reader feels he/she will be replaced, and soon. “Is it worse for me to be fired for cause or quit? How will it affect my job search and subsequent reference/background check?” our reader poses. Bob Lewis has an answer in New boss, bad boss. “I don’t recommend trying to fix your relationship with your new boss,” Lewis asserts. “The conversation you’d have to have would be all downside and no upside.” From the Test Center: Trapeze Networks AirDefense both sell the RingMaster 5.0-AirDefense 7.0 combination of WLAN monitoring and network access policies. “Based on what I’ve seen, this is a strong product that will likely get better as AirDefense and Trapeze add more automation to upcoming releases.” Read the full review. Columnist’s corner: Honesty is not always the best policy. Plowing through 4GL code, easing tension between IT folks and the accounts staff, 18-hour days, all added up to a report showing no problems. It looked so good, in fact, that our Off The Record author and his team automated the entire Christmas run, from tape load to reconciliation to potential restore and didn’t have to think about it over the holidays. Until a puzzled accountant came knocking. The numbers were off, you see, and one simple code alteration was responsible. “Of course, I never fessed up, until now. I hope the cold sweats I still get when making one-liner changes are punishment enough.” Careers