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Embarrassed by Project Requests

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    Embarrassed by Project Requests

    This one of the things I dislike about contracting.

    Having been in IT teams and run teams, my present contract has be at the bottom of the hierachy but highest paid and most experienced.

    I was hired with 'Tell us where we're going wrong'.

    So I have.

    Given the following options for reporting requests these tend to be the options

    a) Fudge it in 4 hours, do it manually with a template, but next week you will have to spend 4 hours on it again

    b) Take 8 hours with some automation but will take 2 hours next week to do some stuff manually.

    c)Take 2 days - do it properly - only take 2 hours per month dealing with it

    d)Take 10 days - provide a simple back end DW covering this and the other 50 requests. No time spent.

    Any guesses for which one they keep taking against my suggestions????????

    F-cking amateurs!!!!!!>:

    #2
    Yesterday I mentioned to my Team Leader that the hard disk on the PC I use for streaming video data to the baseband adapter was nearIy full.

    He popped by my lab, handed me a new hard disk and said "There you go!".

    FFS, I had to fit it myself!

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      #3
      So that I go home today happy in the knowledge that I have learnt/learned something new and worthwhile, what does "DW" stand for?

      Digital Washstand
      Damaged Whistle
      Dolly Walker
      Deer Watcher
      Dressed Wrestler

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        #4
        Dirty Wankstain?

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          #5
          Data Warehouse - not to be confused with the sort of warehouse Arkwright is more famous for - a rented lockup full of cheap tat from SE Asia

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            #6
            Dodgy Wares!

            Thanks Fiddle.

            What's a Data Warehouse?

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              #7
              "What's a Data Warehouse? "

              Its a large building full of pasty faced androids from Star Trek.

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                #8
                > Dodgy Wares!



                Now why didn't I think of that

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                  #9
                  a) Fudge it in 4 hours, do it manually with a template, but next week you will have to spend 4 hours on it again
                  Think contractor, man, not shopkeeper. Recommend option a) and make it clear that no one in the company has the skills and experience to carry out that weekly 4 hour job other than you. You will offer to do it remotely from home for a £2k a month retainer.

                  Sorted.

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                    #10
                    Believe it or not. 6 month extension. Little more say in what is going on and I reckon contracting at this place for years to come.

                    Kerching, kerching, ching, ching, toot toot!

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