Why maintainance work sucks? [modified]

[TweakBird]

I think you are tired. Let have a :beer:

SChristmas wrote:

Most of the time these estimates are wrong since the estimate provider also not worked on that project from a long time.

:suss: Some body will watch you. ;)

[Dave Parker]

At least its not VBScript in classic ASP calling into a FoxPro database on a file share via a 3rd party encryption tool (where said 3rd party has gone out of business and so is not there to provide support) that's hosted on a server hosted at a remote location where the network guys manage in any one week to either change the server name, its IP address or yank the power coord out without shutting down and then delegate the HD corruption repair work back to the developers. I needed a good rant lol

[fjdiewornncalwe]

Dave Parker wrote:

At least its not VBScript in classic ASP

That much I still have to support. Along with everything in between that and 4.0 projects.

I wasn't, now I am, then I won't be anymore.

[Hans Dietrich]

Have you ever tried to talk to the PM like he was a friend? Have you ever asked him out for lunch?

Best wishes, Hans

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[Hans Dietrich Software]

[OriginalGriff]

If it is any consolation, many years ago I worked for a company who gave me six projects at once. All in Assembler, all on floppy disks - no HDDs in those days: pre PC! So the procedure was: Arrive in the morning, get master disks for Project A out of fire safe on ground floor, go upstairs three flights to desk. Start looking at Project A,trying to work out what I am supposed to do. Within the hour, my boss would turn up, like a bad smell, right behind me. "What are you doing?" "Project A" "Stop that! Do Project B!" Pack up Project A, trying to make notes on what I'd worked out so far. Take it back to the fire safe, get Project B. Start looking at Project B,trying to work out what I am supposed to do. Within the hour, my boss would turn up, like a bad smell, right behind me. "What are you doing?" "Project B" "Stop that! Do Project C!" Pack up Project B, trying to make notes on what I'd worked out so far. Take it back to the fire safe, get Project C. You get the general idea? This would continue every hour until I went home. Needless to say, I left.

Real men don't use instructions. They are only the manufacturers opinion on how to put the thing together. Digital man: "You are, in short, an idiot with the IQ of an ant and the intellectual capacity of a hose pipe."

[_AK_]

Why can't you estimate the task which you will be working.

SChristmas wrote:

I need to work on new project without getting a time to analyse the flow of the project.

Now this can be really harsh and tough to work.

.AK.

[_AK_]

Obviously if you are maintaining older projects, they would be in asp.net 2.0.

.AK.

[AspDotNetDev]

Maybe joke with him, loosen him up a bit, get him to your place for a few drinks, take his shoes off to make him comfortable... I see where you're going with this, and I think I'll just find a new job instead!

[WikiLeaks Cablegate Cables]

[Yusuf]

If it makes you feel better, not only did we have similar situation, but some of the apps are in classic asp :( [sorry I'm stepping out to wash my mouth. Where did I leave the mouth was last time :^) ]

Yusuf May I help you?

[wizardzz]

Go ahead... Offer him a job now... ;)

"Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming "Wow! What a Ride!" — Hunter S. Thompson

[Rajesh R Subramanian]

I would, if I had the authority. I'm just a lowly programmer. :)

"Real men drive manual transmission" - Rajesh.

[HimanshuJoshi]

I would seriously take a leap from that. Looks like you will have a hard time learning anything meaningful out of it. If you have the choice (I mean there are no any other issues that prevent you from immediately leaving your job), then you should switch immediately.

[Mark_Wallace]

Then WTF are you doing wasting time in the CP Lounge?!? Get your firkin' nose back to the fruggin' grindstone, Sonny! SOMEONE has to do all the work, and you elected yourself!

I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!