[AccessD] OT: What are you lot doing now and then?

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  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Andy Lacey 
  To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving' 
  Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2005 6:33 PM
  Subject: RE: [AccessD] OT: What are you lot doing now and then?


  Spanish and French degree then no job you fancied in languages, therefore
  into IT? Blimey, absolutely and exactly ditto. 

  -- Andy Lacey
  http://www.minstersystems.co.uk 

  > -----Original Message-----
  > From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com 
  > [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of 
  > Kath Pelletti
  > Sent: 22 February 2005 22:44
  > To: AccessD at databaseadvisors.com
  > Subject: Re: [AccessD] OT: What are you lot doing now and then?
  > 
  > 
  > Hi Steve - it's been so interesting to read everyone's 
  > stories, so here's my 2 cents..
  > 
  > - I fell into IT after doing an Arts degree in Spanish and 
  > French. Language and music graduates were bombarded with 
  > offers from all sorts of companies that year (1982) as some 
  > research had come out indicating that anyone with an ability 
  > in music and language would probably succeed with the logic 
  > of computer programming and they were very short of IT graduates.
  > 
  > They paid for us (I decided to give it a go, not finding a 
  > job in languages that I really  wanted) to do a course which 
  > took 12 months and then took me on as trainee computer 
  > programmer - using Assembler (!) and Cobol. 
  > 
  > I found that I loved programming and later moved on to 
  > another firm using RPGII. Then changed to Analyst and 
  > Business Analyst. No experience with personal PC's which were 
  > very new back then but at one point I was asked to knock up a 
  > realtional db in Paradox using PAL. Loved it! So that was my 
  > introduction to small relational db's.
  > 
  > Years later I cut back a bit on work to have my 3 children 
  > and was offered a part-time job doing computer training 
  > (which I still do a bit) so I had to learn Access to give the 
  > course. Trainees would approach us after the courses for help 
  > and I could see these applications whcih were going out 
  > without proper planning, testing etc. so I started offering 
  > those services on behalf of the training company. After a 
  > while I realised that I was becoming a one man band - making 
  > the sales pitch (still not a forte), designing the system, 
  > programming, testing and training the staff for 
  > inplementation - why do all this for someone else? So for the 
  > last 5 years I have been running my own small company doing 
  > just that - writing customised apps for clients using almost 
  > 100% Access - usually in 2000. 
  > 
  > Sometimes I am asked to create someting in Word or Excel. I 
  > also now do a bit of project management and user acceptance 
  > testing on behalf of clients.
  > 
  > Not much change in the type of work over the 5 years - no one 
  > has asked me for Xp yet at all - so still implementing all 
  > Access 2000. 
  > 
  > Kath
  > 
  > 
  > 
  > >>> -----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
  > >>>
  > >>>
  > 
  > ______________________________________________
  > Kath Pelletti
  > Software Design & Solutions Pty Ltd.
  > Ph: 9505-6714
  > Fax: 9505-6430
  > KP at SDSOnline.net
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