John W. Colby
jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com
Tue Feb 22 06:03:21 CST 2005
Yes indeed, DO TELL! ;-) John W. Colby www.ColbyConsulting.com Contribute your unused CPU cycles to a good cause: http://folding.stanford.edu/ -----Original Message----- From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Andy Lacey Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2005 5:14 AM To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving Subject: RE: [AccessD] OT: What are you lot doing now and then? >> I work for Roz and her team, and am very happy Now Tom pretend she's not looking and tell us what she's REALLY like to work for. -- Andy Lacey http://www.minstersystems.co.uk --------- Original Message -------- From: Access Developers discussion and problem solving <accessd at databaseadvisors.com> To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving' <accessd at databaseadvisors.com> Subject: RE: [AccessD] OT: What are you lot doing now and then? Date: 22/02/05 11:07 > No objections at all! > > I started after university working for an Internet Startup who > specialised in e-commerce solutions for marketing, and paying their > juniors very little. > Starting out as a VB developer, the work quickly ran out on the > desktop side > so I was cross-trained (given a stack of manuals) to ASP/SQL Server. > The company folded in 2001 along with a whole bunch of similar outfits > in the North West of England. > > I then moved on to local government, again as an ASP developer. After > a while in this role I took a year out to go to Australia (nothing to > do with > the job, but have you seen the weather in the UK?) > > When I got back it was murder looking for work, as no-one wanted to > know someone who'd been out of the game for a year. Thankfully I was > given a chance to start on a contract at the law firm where I work for > Roz and her team, and am very happy - it's rolled on for a few months > longer than I thought it would; the work's varied and at the end of > the day it all helps on your CV, sometimes better (I'm told) than M$ > exams. > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Steve Erbach [mailto:erbachs at gmail.com] > Sent: 21 February 2005 12:44 > To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving > Subject: Re: [AccessD] OT: What are you lot doing now and then? > > Roz, Gustav, John C., Gary, Jeffrey, Jim D. Doris, Debbie, Brett, > Charlotte, Ken, Mark, John B., Stuart, William, Rocky, Jim L., Jim H., > Andy, Randy, and Tom, > > Thank you all very much for your responses. Our glorious leader, Mr. > Bartow, has asked me to write an article for the newsletter based on > the responses you've given. So I'm asking if any of you have any > objections to letting me abridge your responses for that purpose? It > would also be helpful if those of you who already gave an "abridged" > version for the survey could flesh out your responses a bit, if you > have the time. I would appreciate it. Everyone has an interesting > story to tell about his or her own growth in the computer field. > > I'm so glad that 21 of you have responded so far. Any others? > > Steve Erbach > Neenah, WI > www.swerbach.com/security > > > > On Mon, 21 Feb 2005 09:27:17 -0000, Roz Clarke > <roz.clarke at donnslaw.co.uk> wrote: > 1) Currently management > and development of workflows in a rather nasty > legal > > application. No proper coding at all. :( > > 2) Used to do a lot with Access & Office integration, and reporting from > > various back-end data sources (informix, oracle, etc.). The shift > is really > down to moving into management and not being able to do > that and maintain/ > > improve my technical skills at the same time. > > 3) Company (law firm), 250 employees, Tom's team leader > <waves> > 4) No > > > Roz > -- > AccessD mailing list > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > > > > > > The contents of this message and any attachments are the property of > Donns Solicitors > and are intended for the confidential use of the named recipient only. They may be legally > privileged and should not be communicated to, or relied upon, by any other party without > our written consent. If you are not the addressee, please notify us immediately so that we > can make arrangements for its return. You should not show this e-mail > to any person or > take copies as you may be committing a criminal or civil offence for which you may be > liable. 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