My frustrations... v2.0
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Yep, so far I've spent the whole morning trying to figure out why someone can't print to both trays on the hp4000. Oh yeah. And I became a programmer because... why did I become a programmer? Oh yeah, because I thought there was going to be programming involved. Hoo dogey, was I in for a shock. Lessee, there's at least four hours of my life I'm NEVER going to get back. Anyone hiring? My skills (in order of skill level): o Adding animated kitties to Outlook signature files. o Making BOTH trays on the hp4000 print. o Finding 'missing' Word files and moving them into the folder where the individual should have saved them. o Telling people what their passwords are. o Telling people what their user names are. o Explaining why the file needs to have a .csv extention if you want it to open Excel when you double click on it. o Explaining why email won't make it to the recipient if you enter the recipients email address incorrectly. o Explaining that if you answer 'no' to 'Do you want to make connections to this resource in the future?', that it won't make connections to that resource in the future. o Instructing users to put the printer 'On Line' otherwise all the print jobs back up until you do. o Explaining that if the modem reports 'no dialtone', it's because it's not getting a dialtone. o Setting local printer to 'Set printer online' when the printer goes light grey. o Helping our clients send email attachments of guys mooning a camera from an airplane (no, this is not a joke). o Some programming. Paul Oss
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Yep, so far I've spent the whole morning trying to figure out why someone can't print to both trays on the hp4000. Oh yeah. And I became a programmer because... why did I become a programmer? Oh yeah, because I thought there was going to be programming involved. Hoo dogey, was I in for a shock. Lessee, there's at least four hours of my life I'm NEVER going to get back. Anyone hiring? My skills (in order of skill level): o Adding animated kitties to Outlook signature files. o Making BOTH trays on the hp4000 print. o Finding 'missing' Word files and moving them into the folder where the individual should have saved them. o Telling people what their passwords are. o Telling people what their user names are. o Explaining why the file needs to have a .csv extention if you want it to open Excel when you double click on it. o Explaining why email won't make it to the recipient if you enter the recipients email address incorrectly. o Explaining that if you answer 'no' to 'Do you want to make connections to this resource in the future?', that it won't make connections to that resource in the future. o Instructing users to put the printer 'On Line' otherwise all the print jobs back up until you do. o Explaining that if the modem reports 'no dialtone', it's because it's not getting a dialtone. o Setting local printer to 'Set printer online' when the printer goes light grey. o Helping our clients send email attachments of guys mooning a camera from an airplane (no, this is not a joke). o Some programming. Paul Oss
Paul Oss wrote: o Helping our clients send email attachments of guys mooning a camera from an airplane (no, this is not a joke). But a valuable skill to have nonetheless. :rolleyes: Jeremy Falcon Imputek "In fact it is quite simple, men and women both only want one thing - what they can't have!" - phykell
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Yep, so far I've spent the whole morning trying to figure out why someone can't print to both trays on the hp4000. Oh yeah. And I became a programmer because... why did I become a programmer? Oh yeah, because I thought there was going to be programming involved. Hoo dogey, was I in for a shock. Lessee, there's at least four hours of my life I'm NEVER going to get back. Anyone hiring? My skills (in order of skill level): o Adding animated kitties to Outlook signature files. o Making BOTH trays on the hp4000 print. o Finding 'missing' Word files and moving them into the folder where the individual should have saved them. o Telling people what their passwords are. o Telling people what their user names are. o Explaining why the file needs to have a .csv extention if you want it to open Excel when you double click on it. o Explaining why email won't make it to the recipient if you enter the recipients email address incorrectly. o Explaining that if you answer 'no' to 'Do you want to make connections to this resource in the future?', that it won't make connections to that resource in the future. o Instructing users to put the printer 'On Line' otherwise all the print jobs back up until you do. o Explaining that if the modem reports 'no dialtone', it's because it's not getting a dialtone. o Setting local printer to 'Set printer online' when the printer goes light grey. o Helping our clients send email attachments of guys mooning a camera from an airplane (no, this is not a joke). o Some programming. Paul Oss
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Paul Oss wrote: o Helping our clients send email attachments of guys mooning a camera from an airplane (no, this is not a joke). But a valuable skill to have nonetheless. :rolleyes: Jeremy Falcon Imputek "In fact it is quite simple, men and women both only want one thing - what they can't have!" - phykell
Jeremy Falcon wrote: But a valuable skill to have nonetheless :omg: Shit. Wonder if that's thought this year in college. Better go check the syllabus. :-D Regards, Brian Dela :-)
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Yep, so far I've spent the whole morning trying to figure out why someone can't print to both trays on the hp4000. Oh yeah. And I became a programmer because... why did I become a programmer? Oh yeah, because I thought there was going to be programming involved. Hoo dogey, was I in for a shock. Lessee, there's at least four hours of my life I'm NEVER going to get back. Anyone hiring? My skills (in order of skill level): o Adding animated kitties to Outlook signature files. o Making BOTH trays on the hp4000 print. o Finding 'missing' Word files and moving them into the folder where the individual should have saved them. o Telling people what their passwords are. o Telling people what their user names are. o Explaining why the file needs to have a .csv extention if you want it to open Excel when you double click on it. o Explaining why email won't make it to the recipient if you enter the recipients email address incorrectly. o Explaining that if you answer 'no' to 'Do you want to make connections to this resource in the future?', that it won't make connections to that resource in the future. o Instructing users to put the printer 'On Line' otherwise all the print jobs back up until you do. o Explaining that if the modem reports 'no dialtone', it's because it's not getting a dialtone. o Setting local printer to 'Set printer online' when the printer goes light grey. o Helping our clients send email attachments of guys mooning a camera from an airplane (no, this is not a joke). o Some programming. Paul Oss
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i feel for you, paul i recenlty escaped being an "office automation specialist" on my previous team now, i'm programming again (.net, too!) -John
John Morales wrote: i feel for you, paul i recenlty escaped being an "office automation specialist" on my previous team now, i'm programming again (.net, too!) Oh Lord. Somebody help me before I end up working a support counter! Please. I come cheap (for a programmer). The company I work for is tanking! HELLLLPPP! Paul Oss
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John Morales wrote: i feel for you, paul i recenlty escaped being an "office automation specialist" on my previous team now, i'm programming again (.net, too!) Oh Lord. Somebody help me before I end up working a support counter! Please. I come cheap (for a programmer). The company I work for is tanking! HELLLLPPP! Paul Oss
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No Offence, but theres already too many people at the service counter, with 10 years experience... you might have flip burgers.. Ryan Baillargeon Software Specialist Fuel Cell Technologies Inc.
Ryan B. wrote: No Offence, but theres already too many people at the service counter, with 10 years experience... you might have flip burgers.. Flip burgers... hmmmm. Now you're talkin'. I never considered that. Sounds a lot less stressful. Job's probably more stable. Certainly better management. You may be on to something. Paul Oss
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John Morales wrote: i feel for you, paul i recenlty escaped being an "office automation specialist" on my previous team now, i'm programming again (.net, too!) Oh Lord. Somebody help me before I end up working a support counter! Please. I come cheap (for a programmer). The company I work for is tanking! HELLLLPPP! Paul Oss
What exactly is so wrong with working support? :) I myself work for a small software company, and do various things including support, development, web design, training, and system admin. 1 title, 10 jobs, go figure... Although I can relate to your frustrations, I also have a few of my own: - telling clients that our software product does not crash the internet, just because their connection is down - telling clients that right-clicking with the mouse means actually clicking the RIGHT button, not switching hands and trying to left click. -having a client whine at me because their office just flooded and their systems are hooped and they don't have a backup. What can they do...? -explaining that even though our software runs in Windows, our company is not a subsidary of Microsoft All in all I figure it's not THAT bad. Look at it this way, at least you are working, not sitting on a heat grate under the nearest bridge begging for quarters :-D -Sean
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Yep, so far I've spent the whole morning trying to figure out why someone can't print to both trays on the hp4000. Oh yeah. And I became a programmer because... why did I become a programmer? Oh yeah, because I thought there was going to be programming involved. Hoo dogey, was I in for a shock. Lessee, there's at least four hours of my life I'm NEVER going to get back. Anyone hiring? My skills (in order of skill level): o Adding animated kitties to Outlook signature files. o Making BOTH trays on the hp4000 print. o Finding 'missing' Word files and moving them into the folder where the individual should have saved them. o Telling people what their passwords are. o Telling people what their user names are. o Explaining why the file needs to have a .csv extention if you want it to open Excel when you double click on it. o Explaining why email won't make it to the recipient if you enter the recipients email address incorrectly. o Explaining that if you answer 'no' to 'Do you want to make connections to this resource in the future?', that it won't make connections to that resource in the future. o Instructing users to put the printer 'On Line' otherwise all the print jobs back up until you do. o Explaining that if the modem reports 'no dialtone', it's because it's not getting a dialtone. o Setting local printer to 'Set printer online' when the printer goes light grey. o Helping our clients send email attachments of guys mooning a camera from an airplane (no, this is not a joke). o Some programming. Paul Oss
The animated kitties in signature files thing sounds pretty good, how do you do that? :) -- Eric Move along, nothing to see here.