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  • Reply To: The Journey to Change

    Some perspective: During the 11 years I was in a position to hire, I mostly thought depth was better than breadth.  And in 42 years I only experienced intra-company platform...

    • This reply was modified 2 years, 2 months ago by skeleton567.

    Rick
    If you do a half-assed job of things, folks will ask 'why did this ass only do half the job?'

  • Reply To: Cranky Curmudgeons

    I have a shirt that says:

    "I'm a cranky old man.  I do WHAT I want WHEN I want WHERE I want.  Just one sec, I'll ask my wife".

    You can guess...

    Rick
    If you do a half-assed job of things, folks will ask 'why did this ass only do half the job?'

  • Reply To: Cranky Curmudgeons

    Yes, I a cranky curmudgeon, and proud of it.  I earned it the hard way.

    Rick
    If you do a half-assed job of things, folks will ask 'why did this ass only do half the job?'

  • Reply To: Protecting Off Hours

    This subject reminds me of several observations from my years in IT.

    First of all, maybe we put far too much emphasis on 'uptime' that isn't really all that important.  Maybe...

    • This reply was modified 2 years, 2 months ago by skeleton567.

    Rick
    If you do a half-assed job of things, folks will ask 'why did this ass only do half the job?'

  • Reply To: Protecting Off Hours

    "The need to work 60 hours a week could be legitimate."

    David. I agree with this to a certain extent, but not for an extended period.  There are times when this...

    Rick
    If you do a half-assed job of things, folks will ask 'why did this ass only do half the job?'

  • Reply To: The Ultimate Home Office

    sumitkumarb wrote:

    Your office look is very creative, and it seems like you are a good creative man. The hanging cup on the wall is looking very nice.

    The cup collection is...

    Rick
    If you do a half-assed job of things, folks will ask 'why did this ass only do half the job?'

  • Reply To: The Art of the Code Review

    Maybe as important as code reviews could be what I would call code-flogging.  Needs to be tested with a million rows and by testers intentionally trying to break it.  My...

    Rick
    If you do a half-assed job of things, folks will ask 'why did this ass only do half the job?'

  • Reply To: The Dangers of Not Upgrading

    Sometimes we are in a quandary regarding how, if at all, to work our way out of upgrade situations.  Right now I'm having an issue with one upgrade and have...

    Rick
    If you do a half-assed job of things, folks will ask 'why did this ass only do half the job?'

  • Reply To: The Dangers of Not Upgrading

    This reminds me of the error message I always thought would be fun to put in GPS software upgrades which would say "You can't get there from here".

    Rick
    If you do a half-assed job of things, folks will ask 'why did this ass only do half the job?'

  • Reply To: Software Updates, Outages, Processes, and Protocols

    My Boss:  "Hey, Rick, our xyz system is down".

    Me:  "So?".

    And I never got any hugs.

    Rick
    If you do a half-assed job of things, folks will ask 'why did this ass only do half the job?'

  • Reply To: Learning Never Gets Old

    Learning never gets old, but WE do.  I'm 80 years and right now am preparing for an expiring driver's license and having to take an interactive exam to renew.  The...

    Rick
    If you do a half-assed job of things, folks will ask 'why did this ass only do half the job?'

  • Reply To: Un-Stable Teams

    Wow...just WOW.  This one almost gave me nightmares.  My crazy brain goes into all sorts of imaginary scenarios.  In one of my situations this could have spelled disaster in a...

    Rick
    If you do a half-assed job of things, folks will ask 'why did this ass only do half the job?'

  • Reply To: Serious Software Glitches

    When I started coding COBOL and assembler, unit testing was hard coding record selection and counts in  a compile, printing the report, then using a utility to print the same ...

    Rick
    If you do a half-assed job of things, folks will ask 'why did this ass only do half the job?'

  • Reply To: Serious Software Glitches

    Just another small tidbit for you all.  I have found that one of the characteristics that may plague us all for the rest of our lives is that we notice...

    Rick
    If you do a half-assed job of things, folks will ask 'why did this ass only do half the job?'

  • Reply To: Serious Software Glitches

    I have related before that years ago I discovered a common coding error in a set of 10-12 internal/external dealer reports which I repaired/verified/released to our QA (Quality Assurance!) group. ...

    Rick
    If you do a half-assed job of things, folks will ask 'why did this ass only do half the job?'

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