Jim Dettman
jimdettman at verizon.net
Mon Jan 30 12:01:25 CST 2012
<< The dog's job is to bark when the door bell rings.>> Ditto here, although he barks at odd noises as well, which is a problem at times. << Where else is an old over 50 year old going to work.>> Ditto as well, although I've seriously been thinking about taking down the shingle and going to work for someone. Going to start looking around at the start of summer and see what's out there. I turn 52 this year and have yet to manage to come up to speed on anything new development wise. Getting too far behind the curve and I don't think Access is going to be around for another 15 - 20 (at least as a development tool). Too many other products have come down to the desktop level (ie. SQL Server) and new products (ie lightswitch) are appearing, plus everything is heading to the web anyway, which is something I've totally avoid to date (gonna pay big time for that decision). Jim. -----Original Message----- From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Edward Zuris Sent: Monday, January 30, 2012 12:00 PM To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving' Subject: Re: [AccessD] Burn-out I too am a one man shop, with a dog. The dog's job is to bark when the door bell rings. Scope creep is a big deal with my life, but it is a living. Where else is an old over 50 year old going to work. -----Original Message----- From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Jim Dettman Sent: Monday, January 30, 2012 9:35 AM To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving' Subject: Re: [AccessD] Burn-out Mark, I'm more or less in the same boat; for a one-man shop, time management is always a problem. I'm generally steady or going crazy. Right now it's crazy...have worked the past three weekends and a forth is coming up. I think part of the answer is making sure your clients set priorities on what they want done, then work on them in that order. I'm a bit different though in that I don't work on contracts, but strictly by the hour. That keeps things flexible and minimizes scope creep. But there's no happy place for a one-man shop. Just the nature of the beast. Jim. -----Original Message----- From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Mark Simms Sent: Monday, January 30, 2012 10:42 AM To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving' Subject: Re: [AccessD] Burn-out Sorry no - I'm the management !!! But I've got clients with deadlines and budgets....that THEY SET. I just can't seem to get to a cruising speed of 60 mph. I'm either at zero(doing nothing) or 100 mph(multiple concurrent contracts)....and veering out-of-control. That's my current state. > > Hi Mark > Blame management for poor resource planning. That's the essence of > this. -- 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