Andy Lacey
andy at minstersystems.co.uk
Wed Feb 23 01:54:33 CST 2005
Totally, just a few years before you. -- 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: 23 February 2005 07:45 > To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving > Subject: Re: [AccessD] OT: What are you lot doing now and then? > > > Que?? Is that possible?? > ----- 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 > > -- > > AccessD mailing list > > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > > > > > -- > AccessD mailing list > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > -- > AccessD mailing list > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > >