Jim Lawrence
accessd at shaw.ca
Sat Nov 19 11:01:59 CST 2011
As long as the bill is paid. Jim -----Original Message----- From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Salakhetdinov Shamil Sent: Saturday, November 19, 2011 6:14 AM To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving Subject: Re: [AccessD] OT: "I feel your pain, man!" or "Programmers are most effective when they avoid writing code..." Hi Jim -- > It is always hard when you have to justify a bill when you have just gone on > site, looked at few things and then made a couple of small adjustments and > now everything is working. Yes, that's true: "Some things you just can't explain..." http://www.netfunny.com/rhf/jokes/00/Jan/explain.html :) Have nice weekend. -- Shamil 18 ноября 2011, 21:32 от "Jim Lawrence" <accessd at shaw.ca>: > Very interesting stuff Shamil. > > It is always hard when you have to justify a bill when you have just gone on > site, looked at few things and then made a couple of small adjustments and > now everything is working. > > The clients like to see more concern and effort and sometimes fixed > something fast can be bad for you as a programmer. > > This of course why I like a flat rate type insurance-policy support > contracts. Sometimes you are not paid for what you do but if you do it > right, in the first place, it can go for months with little more than a > status report and an invoice. > > Jim > > -----Original Message----- > From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Salakhetdinov > Shamil > Sent: Friday, November 18, 2011 4:19 AM > To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving > Subject: [AccessD] OT: "I feel your pain, man!" or "Programmers are most > effective when they avoid writing code..." > > Hi All, > > This and the other day I have read through and collected a set of links on > articles I liked to read about our profession, authored mainly by John D. > Cook (http://www.johndcook.com/blog/) and I'd like to share that links with > you for your Friday/weekend reading: > > Enjoy! > > "... no matter how often you want to play the role of a hero, there will > always be circumstances that test the limits of your ability to be one. It's > difficult to judge when helping someone means doing something immoral, and > it's even harder to admit you are unable to solve someone's problem - and > chances are, that someone will view you as incompetent because you were > unable to help them..." > > Your job is trivial. (But I couldn't do it.) > http://www.johndcook.com/blog/2011/01/14/your-job-is-trivial-but-i-couldnt-d > o-it/ > > Why Can't Programmers.. Program? > http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2007/02/why-cant-programmers-program.html > > The buck stops with the programmer > http://www.johndcook.com/blog/2009/03/19/the-buck-stops-with-the-programmer/ > > The dark side of linchpins > http://www.johndcook.com/blog/2011/05/10/the-dark-side-of-linchpins/ > > Do you really want to be indispensable? > http://www.johndcook.com/blog/2009/04/22/being-indispensable/ > > Where does the programming effort go? > http://www.johndcook.com/blog/2009/03/18/where-does-the-programming-effort-g > o/ > > Why programmers are not paid in proportion to their productivity > http://www.johndcook.com/blog/2009/12/23/why-programmers-are-not-paid-in-pro > portion-to-their-productivity/ > > Whatever happened to programming > http://reprog.wordpress.com/2010/03/03/whatever-happened-to-programming/?Pro > gramming > > The plumber programmer > http://www.johndcook.com/blog/2011/11/15/plumber-programmers/ > > Programming the last mile > http://www.johndcook.com/blog/2008/01/29/programming-the-last-mile/ > > It doesn't pay to be the computer guy > http://www.johndcook.com/blog/2009/11/22/the-computer-guy/ > > 10 Reasons It Doesn't Pay To Be "The Computer Guy" > http://www.lifereboot.com/2007/10-reasons-it-doesnt-pay-to-be-the-computer-g > uy/ > > Why there will always be programmers > http://www.johndcook.com/blog/2008/10/27/why-there-will-always-be-programmer > s/ > ... > > Thank you. > > -- Shamil > > -- > 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