The NFC B-Day Chat Thread

[Blooie]

Oh, man! You’ve been slammed, alright!

I remember being totally overwhelmed at work for several weeks. But as long as I was doing the job, the boss lady dragged her feet on replacing the two people who had quit. (they’d eloped and never even called in “sick”) Anyway, I was complaining after a particularly grueling day and whining to Ken about having no one to step up to the plate and assist. He said, “It’s a little hard to see the need for anyone to step up to the plate when you’ve got all the bases covered.” Duh, Diane.

So I went in once again to talk to boss lady and once again got the same response....”We know..we’re working in it.” Next day I went in and left my genealogy book on her desk before she came in. When she called me in to ask what that was and why it what’s there, I told her it was my entire history, and it was there to prove to her that I was only human. By the end of that week I was training 2 new people. Yeah.

 

[rjohns39]

DMC There's hope... Robins mean spring if memory serves...
Teila I think the reason I approached things as I did, was because for the first four years, I (the management) served in your shoes. I was the help desk for 450 users (X2-3)... So when I had the opportunity to bring on more help, I formed a call center with four people and setup a "User Test Group" that I would pre-release everything to at least two weeks prior to full release. Setting that up was not easy but technologically doable. You just had to target a certain group of computers for the early release and have buy in from the test group and their leadership. My developers hated that test group and kind of hated me for making them fix things and let the group regression test prior to full release, but it made a huge difference. It didn't get rid of all the issues as a full group of users can always find something new to break but it got rid of the stupid stuff that should have been caught in initial testing. I was well motivated as i was forward facing to the lady who paid the bills and didn't like broken software.

 

[bruceha2000]

The Robins are here
There’s at least 30 in the front yard.

Of course they are, DH cleared all the snow for them!

X2 No fun at all, other than you can get an Italian beef sandwich that isn't bad.

Presuming you know where to find it

Are you asking about my barn?

Do you see any other barns pictured in this thread recently? I love old barns.

My developers hated that test group and kind of hated me for making them fix things and let the group regression test prior to full release

What the heck is wrong with those people? I would much prefer something be found for me to fix pre-release than the users not able to do their jobs post release and have management checking every 15 minutes asking when it will be fixed.

 

[drumstick diva]

My son is on a team to find the bugs, before new software is introduced.

 

[rjohns39]

What the heck is wrong with those people? I would much prefer something be found for me to fix pre-release than the users not able to do their jobs post release and have management checking every 15 minutes asking when it will be fixed.

The one that protested the most was really bothered by my response... "You're fired!" In my youth I was a developer and always engaged the users, today's developers seem to think users are a bother. As I was building and amending code, I always sought user input... What did I do right, what did I break. with open and honest interface you get the answers pretty quickly.

 

[drumstick diva]

Good Italian beef sandwiches at Portilos in and around Chicago area, also great Chocolate Cake Shakes.

 

[bruceha2000]

The one that protested the most was really bothered by my response... "You're fired!" In my youth I was a developer and always engaged the users, today's developers seem to think users are a bother. As I was building and amending code, I always sought user input... What did I do right, what did I break. with open and honest interface you get the answers pretty quickly.

One job I interviewed for they had total separation between the people who wrote code and the users. Requirements group, external design group, internal design group, coders. Seems a bad plan to me, I "grew up" doing soup to nuts requirements through delivery.

 

[ronott1]

View attachment 1340579 View attachment 1340580 This morning and now...it’s melting quickly after hubby cleaned out the yard.

Happy Tax time! It should look dreary right? It is not spring.

 

[rjohns39]

One job I interviewed for they had total separation between the people who wrote code and the users. Requirements group, external design group, internal design group, coders. Seems a bad plan to me, I "grew up" doing soup to nuts requirements through delivery.

My first pc to mainframe interface was ugly at best, but it worked... for more than a thousand users.

ETA: that was in 1986

 

[Teila]

Thank You for the support!

I think I have reached my limit and I am close to being done! Started looking for ‘work from home’ opportunities!

I would rather sit and do data entry than put up with this ^&%$ any longer!

I have just sent hubby an e.mail along those lines asking him to keep his ear to the ground for something I can do from home because of FIL, the cats and chookens but if I have to, I will consider a job in town also.