Freedom! At last!
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A big milestone for me today, after 18 months of data analysis, conversion, correction, exception reporting, 9 months of which was spent soliciting a platform based on .NET and then customizing it, we finally go to prod tomorrow. Today is a final check, system prep day -- thankfully, a relatively light day -- and all 5 departments in the organization have green-lighted the test system. This is big as it's a complete gutting of the legacy systems here (CRM, leads, inventory, shipping, resource management, billing, help desk). I came to the organization to help replace the legacy system that was started in 1998 or so, depending on the account you're listening to. It was based on ASP, some scheduled system events and a parade of third party OCX/active X/flash/vb scripts that made the whole thing very fragile. It had been ported from SQL Server 6.0 to SQL 2000, to MySql 3.x and finally MySql 4.1 throughout its life time. The new system is running on ASP.NET, SQL 2008 R2 on top of IIS7 on Win Server 2008. Extensions and customizations are written in jQuery for client-side and ASP.NET MVC on the back end. I know you should never say never, but here I go: I am never, never, NEVER going to develop/support/maintain any legacy ASP scripts ever, ever again. Beers at 4pm, wings at 7pm, then the final conversion starts at 9pm tonight.
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A big milestone for me today, after 18 months of data analysis, conversion, correction, exception reporting, 9 months of which was spent soliciting a platform based on .NET and then customizing it, we finally go to prod tomorrow. Today is a final check, system prep day -- thankfully, a relatively light day -- and all 5 departments in the organization have green-lighted the test system. This is big as it's a complete gutting of the legacy systems here (CRM, leads, inventory, shipping, resource management, billing, help desk). I came to the organization to help replace the legacy system that was started in 1998 or so, depending on the account you're listening to. It was based on ASP, some scheduled system events and a parade of third party OCX/active X/flash/vb scripts that made the whole thing very fragile. It had been ported from SQL Server 6.0 to SQL 2000, to MySql 3.x and finally MySql 4.1 throughout its life time. The new system is running on ASP.NET, SQL 2008 R2 on top of IIS7 on Win Server 2008. Extensions and customizations are written in jQuery for client-side and ASP.NET MVC on the back end. I know you should never say never, but here I go: I am never, never, NEVER going to develop/support/maintain any legacy ASP scripts ever, ever again. Beers at 4pm, wings at 7pm, then the final conversion starts at 9pm tonight.
TheyCallMeMrJames wrote:
I am never, never, NEVER going to develop/support/maintain any legacy ASP scripts ever, ever again.
Excelent choice. Me neither. I'd rather go unemployed than support/maintain some horrors. Now this was the ex IT guy talking. The wannabe programmer(I don't consider myself a real one yet, still lots to learn) inside me is doing great with the latest M$ based thechnologies.
I used to think.... Finally I realized it's no good.
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A big milestone for me today, after 18 months of data analysis, conversion, correction, exception reporting, 9 months of which was spent soliciting a platform based on .NET and then customizing it, we finally go to prod tomorrow. Today is a final check, system prep day -- thankfully, a relatively light day -- and all 5 departments in the organization have green-lighted the test system. This is big as it's a complete gutting of the legacy systems here (CRM, leads, inventory, shipping, resource management, billing, help desk). I came to the organization to help replace the legacy system that was started in 1998 or so, depending on the account you're listening to. It was based on ASP, some scheduled system events and a parade of third party OCX/active X/flash/vb scripts that made the whole thing very fragile. It had been ported from SQL Server 6.0 to SQL 2000, to MySql 3.x and finally MySql 4.1 throughout its life time. The new system is running on ASP.NET, SQL 2008 R2 on top of IIS7 on Win Server 2008. Extensions and customizations are written in jQuery for client-side and ASP.NET MVC on the back end. I know you should never say never, but here I go: I am never, never, NEVER going to develop/support/maintain any legacy ASP scripts ever, ever again. Beers at 4pm, wings at 7pm, then the final conversion starts at 9pm tonight.
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TheyCallMeMrJames wrote:
Beers at 4pm, wings at 7pm, then the final conversion starts at 9pm tonight.
Excellent. The first round of bug-fixing begins tomorrow morning at 0800. Don't be late! ;P Best Wishes, -David Delaune
Booo! Not at least until after noon, I hope. At least join me for wings!
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TheyCallMeMrJames wrote:
I am never, never, NEVER going to develop/support/maintain any legacy ASP scripts ever, ever again.
Excelent choice. Me neither. I'd rather go unemployed than support/maintain some horrors. Now this was the ex IT guy talking. The wannabe programmer(I don't consider myself a real one yet, still lots to learn) inside me is doing great with the latest M$ based thechnologies.
I used to think.... Finally I realized it's no good.
No matter how much you learn, you have that much more to learn. It never ends. The realization that you have a lot to learn makes you a programmer.
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A big milestone for me today, after 18 months of data analysis, conversion, correction, exception reporting, 9 months of which was spent soliciting a platform based on .NET and then customizing it, we finally go to prod tomorrow. Today is a final check, system prep day -- thankfully, a relatively light day -- and all 5 departments in the organization have green-lighted the test system. This is big as it's a complete gutting of the legacy systems here (CRM, leads, inventory, shipping, resource management, billing, help desk). I came to the organization to help replace the legacy system that was started in 1998 or so, depending on the account you're listening to. It was based on ASP, some scheduled system events and a parade of third party OCX/active X/flash/vb scripts that made the whole thing very fragile. It had been ported from SQL Server 6.0 to SQL 2000, to MySql 3.x and finally MySql 4.1 throughout its life time. The new system is running on ASP.NET, SQL 2008 R2 on top of IIS7 on Win Server 2008. Extensions and customizations are written in jQuery for client-side and ASP.NET MVC on the back end. I know you should never say never, but here I go: I am never, never, NEVER going to develop/support/maintain any legacy ASP scripts ever, ever again. Beers at 4pm, wings at 7pm, then the final conversion starts at 9pm tonight.
TheyCallMeMrJames wrote:
I am never, never, NEVER going to develop/support/maintain any legacy ASP scripts ever, ever again.
Instead of saying that you should take a page out of Ennis's VB6 playbook and simply demand an hourly rate for doing so that's high enough that they decline to take your services. And if by some chance you find someone willing to pay you $500/hr, you can take your $million/year and grin all the way to early retirement. :cool:
3x12=36 2x12=24 1x12=12 0x12=18
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TheyCallMeMrJames wrote:
I am never, never, NEVER going to develop/support/maintain any legacy ASP scripts ever, ever again.
Instead of saying that you should take a page out of Ennis's VB6 playbook and simply demand an hourly rate for doing so that's high enough that they decline to take your services. And if by some chance you find someone willing to pay you $500/hr, you can take your $million/year and grin all the way to early retirement. :cool:
3x12=36 2x12=24 1x12=12 0x12=18
Such. A good. Idea. For anyone following this thread, I am immediately available for classic ASP script development and maintenance at the discounted rate of $490/hr. Act now! My rate increases to $500 in the new year!
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No matter how much you learn, you have that much more to learn. It never ends. The realization that you have a lot to learn makes you a programmer.
I remember overhearing a conversation between my teenage kids and my wife a number of years ago "Mum whats Dad doing" answer was studying and the astonished response was, but but he has left school!
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity RAH