Keeping digging - you find a Bob

[aussielong]

I'm working on a distributed system. At the other end, the UAT system i'm dealing with is rubbish. Every weekend they do a UAT release, they break something that has been stable for weeks. Really poor quality. I've been chasing them up today to find out what is going on with the most recent change. Of course, I don't have access to their developers. Only a PM on a different timezone who just does not respond. I produce detailed test cases proving their issue. Finally they admit a problem. So they suggest a workaround ... I write a lot more code to workaround a problem in their UAT system, until they can fix it. Throw away code. That just seems too stupid a suggestion. Eventually, I get on an email chain from the dev team. The strange phrases used in the email were the next thing to raise my suspicions. Reading on, it's been outsourced to Bob. Great. Now I know i'm in for a rubbish few months.

Small projects with no interface to other teams or systems are the way forward.

[SupremeSpod]

I prefer Bob's and Bobettes to Australians, you're the scum of the earth.

[Spacecadet]

I prefer Bob's and Bobettes to Australians, you're the scum of the earth.

You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to SupremeSpod again.

[aussielong]

I prefer Bob's and Bobettes to Australians, you're the scum of the earth.

Ha, he's back from his team building event at Tesco's car park.

How many trolleys did you collect before they called it a day?

You'll make supervisor one day if you stick at it!

[SupremeSpod]

Ha, he's back from his team building event at Tesco's car park.

How many trolleys did you collect before they called it a day?

You'll make supervisor one day if you stick at it!

Hey sunshine, do you know what "ASIC" is?

I find it incredibly funny and somewhat telling that they didn't trust the Australians to write or host it.

[aussielong]

Hey sunshine, do you know what "ASIC" is?

I find it incredibly funny and somewhat telling that they didn't trust the Australians to write or host it.

Haha, keep going. You'll get yourself into a pickle again.

[d000hg]

I'm working on a distributed system. At the other end, the UAT system i'm dealing with is rubbish. Every weekend they do a UAT release, they break something that has been stable for weeks. Really poor quality. I've been chasing them up today to find out what is going on with the most recent change. Of course, I don't have access to their developers. Only a PM on a different timezone who just does not respond. I produce detailed test cases proving their issue. Finally they admit a problem. So they suggest a workaround ... I write a lot more code to workaround a problem in their UAT system, until they can fix it. Throw away code. That just seems too stupid a suggestion. Eventually, I get on an email chain from the dev team. The strange phrases used in the email were the next thing to raise my suspicions. Reading on, it's been outsourced to Bob. Great. Now I know i'm in for a rubbish few months.

Small projects with no interface to other teams or systems are the way forward.

I bet the Bobs know C better than you do.

[fullyautomatix]

Cant blame aussielong for thinking that if he does bob bashing he will score major brownie points on this forum.

[OwlHoot]

In my experience Bobs are either duffers or one-man (or woman) armies.

But then again, maybe it's only those extremes that stand out.

[aussielong]

I bet the Bobs know C better than you do.

Ah, number two poo is back. Two turds hanging round on my thread. How romantic.