I am so sick of being a developer :-(
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Rohit Sinha wrote: don't assume everyone knows/wants to know as much about India [innocent voice]But he asked for it.[/innocent voice] Really, pal- he seemed very serious, on more than one occasion. What are you trying to do- preach self-hate? Alright, you don't have to reply to this. BTW, this is how your name turns up in my inbox:
=?UNKNOWN?Q?Rohit=A0?= SinhaIs it due to the fancy HTML-formatting?
Vikram. ----------------------------- 1. Don't ask unnecessary questions. You know what I mean? 2. Avoid redundancy at all costs. 3. Avoid redundancy at all costs. "Do not give redundant error messages again and again." - A classmate of mine, while giving a class talk on error detection in compiler design.Vikram Punathambekar wrote: What are you trying to do- preach self-hate? Me? Why do you think so? And the answer is no. I think I'm the most vocal supporter of India here. If you have any doubt, see my sig. And if you mean self as in self, as in me, Rohit Sinha, the answer is no again. I love myself more than anything/anyone in the world. Vikram Punathambekar wrote: BTW, this is how your name turns up in my inbox: =?UNKNOWN?Q?Rohit=A0?= Sinha Is it due to the fancy HTML-formatting? Maybe. :~ I don't really have any idea. Sancharnet does some wierd things with the email it recieves. Try recieving an attachment. I am assuming you use the web interface, and not Outlook.
Regards,Rohit Sinha
Do not wait for leaders; do it alone, person to person.
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Vikram Punathambekar wrote: What are you trying to do- preach self-hate? Me? Why do you think so? And the answer is no. I think I'm the most vocal supporter of India here. If you have any doubt, see my sig. And if you mean self as in self, as in me, Rohit Sinha, the answer is no again. I love myself more than anything/anyone in the world. Vikram Punathambekar wrote: BTW, this is how your name turns up in my inbox: =?UNKNOWN?Q?Rohit=A0?= Sinha Is it due to the fancy HTML-formatting? Maybe. :~ I don't really have any idea. Sancharnet does some wierd things with the email it recieves. Try recieving an attachment. I am assuming you use the web interface, and not Outlook.
Regards,Rohit Sinha
Do not wait for leaders; do it alone, person to person.
- Mother TeresaRohit Sinha wrote: I think I'm the most vocal supporter of India here. Umm...yes, but that post of yours was very unlike you. Rohit Sinha wrote: I love myself more than anything/anyone in the world. Somebody who is like me :~ Rohit Sinha wrote: Sancharnet does some wierd things with the email it recieves. Try recieving an attachment. I am assuming you use the web interface, and not Outlook I think it does- all links are converted to plaintext, and are not clickable. X| I am using the web interface. Whaddaya mean, try receiving an attachment? Yes, Sancharnet is wierd- Jorgen's name turns up as
=?UNKNOWN?Q?J=F6rgen?= Sigvardssontoo. But my Operamail box is bursting...
Vikram. ----------------------------- 1. Don't ask unnecessary questions. You know what I mean? 2. Avoid redundancy at all costs. 3. Avoid redundancy at all costs. "Do not give redundant error messages again and again." - A classmate of mine, while giving a class talk on error detection in compiler design. -
Rohit Sinha wrote: I think I'm the most vocal supporter of India here. Umm...yes, but that post of yours was very unlike you. Rohit Sinha wrote: I love myself more than anything/anyone in the world. Somebody who is like me :~ Rohit Sinha wrote: Sancharnet does some wierd things with the email it recieves. Try recieving an attachment. I am assuming you use the web interface, and not Outlook I think it does- all links are converted to plaintext, and are not clickable. X| I am using the web interface. Whaddaya mean, try receiving an attachment? Yes, Sancharnet is wierd- Jorgen's name turns up as
=?UNKNOWN?Q?J=F6rgen?= Sigvardssontoo. But my Operamail box is bursting...
Vikram. ----------------------------- 1. Don't ask unnecessary questions. You know what I mean? 2. Avoid redundancy at all costs. 3. Avoid redundancy at all costs. "Do not give redundant error messages again and again." - A classmate of mine, while giving a class talk on error detection in compiler design.Vikram Punathambekar wrote: Whaddaya mean, try receiving an attachment? If you get an attachment in mail, and try to view it/download it through the web interface, it just corrupts the thing. :(
Regards,Rohit Sinha
Do not wait for leaders; do it alone, person to person.
- Mother Teresa -
Taka Muraoka wrote: It's as much to understand Thailand and the Thais as it is to learn more about Buddhism Whoa! Understanding Thailand is fine, but do all Buddhists go to Thailand to do this stuff? :confused:
Vikram. ----------------------------- 1. Don't ask unnecessary questions. You know what I mean? 2. Avoid redundancy at all costs. 3. Avoid redundancy at all costs. "Do not give redundant error messages again and again." - A classmate of mine, while giving a class talk on error detection in compiler design.
Vikram Punathambekar wrote: but do all Buddhists go to Thailand to do this stuff? No, of course not! There are plenty of foreigners in Tibet and Japan and elsewhere. There are temples in England and the US and I presume in Australia as well and people ordain there as well. Some people look for a certain style of Buddhism. I just happen to like Thailand :-)
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Hmmm... Interesting post :yikes: :-) Colin Davies wrote: They should be taken outside and dealt to It's not really the devs that are the cause of the problems. [edit] There are good devs and there are bad devs (i.e. inexperienced or less skillful) and there are devs in between. The trick is to manage the mix properly. Sure, there are people around that are so bad and/or disruptive that they need to be fired but there's no-one like that here. [/edit] Colin Davies wrote: And on a further note, managers that expect to be respected becaause they have a management job are morons. Respect should be gained and is not a right. Too true, in any area of life. Colin Davies wrote: Taka if enough of your co-workers feel the same way as you I suggest you revolt I'm a contractor here so I don't really have a personal stake in it. I just find it really depressing to see companies make the same mistakes over and over again. People who actually give a damn about what they do and want to do a good job can't because they're crippled by poor work practices and processes. Stuff that we, as an industry, should have surely learnt to know better about by now. Learning from your mistakes is all good and well but it's much smarter to learn from other people's mistakes. Then you don't have to make the mistakes even once! I had a long chat with someone recently about this kind of thing. The problem with technical people and things like this is that they think that the way to fix it is through technical solutions. Not realising that the *underlying* problems are caused by not understanding how people work, operate and communicate. In other words, social, interpersonal issues rather than technical issues.
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Taka Muraoka wrote: I just find it really depressing to see companies make the same mistakes over and over again. People who actually give a damn about what they do and want to do a good job can't because they're crippled by poor work practices and processes. This kind of things is one of the things that makes me feed up of this industry , some situations are truly pathetic and still people continue to resist change and hate any kind of thing that shakes their poor work habits ... Cheers,Joao Vaz And if your dream is to care for your family, to put food on the table, to provide them with an education and a good home, then maybe suffering through an endless, pointless, boring job will seem to have purpose. And you will realize how even a rock can change the world, simply by remaining obstinately stationary.-Shog9 Remember just because a good thing comes to an end, doesn't mean that the next one can't be better.-Chris Meech
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After having just sat through a 1:15 meeting (18 people * 1:15 = 22.5 man hours!) listening to people going around and around in circles about best practices and how to improve process, making the same mistakes that just about every other company that ever existed has also already made. I might just go back to Thailand and become a monk (I'm not kidding!). Maybe I could be called Phra l33t :-) Problem is, I really love developing :(( /end_rant
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You have my sympathy but you clearly are not tired of being a developer. Just the politics that go with an organization. Guess what monks have that problem also. It still amazes me that management the world over think they can make every one in the world be good at anything if they write the policy correctly. Now in the US where the management can get sued over firing someone I can understand the rational to allways take this route. But what is the excuse in the rest of the world not to admit you have some stupid people. "For as long as I can remember, I have had memories. Colin Mochrie."
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After having just sat through a 1:15 meeting (18 people * 1:15 = 22.5 man hours!) listening to people going around and around in circles about best practices and how to improve process, making the same mistakes that just about every other company that ever existed has also already made. I might just go back to Thailand and become a monk (I'm not kidding!). Maybe I could be called Phra l33t :-) Problem is, I really love developing :(( /end_rant
Software is everything. It also sucks. Charles Fishman [^] Awasu 1.0.3 (beta)[^]: A free RSS reader with support for Code Project.
We try and keep all meetings to aa maximum of 4 people ! Elaine :rose: The tigress is here :-D
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After having just sat through a 1:15 meeting (18 people * 1:15 = 22.5 man hours!) listening to people going around and around in circles about best practices and how to improve process, making the same mistakes that just about every other company that ever existed has also already made. I might just go back to Thailand and become a monk (I'm not kidding!). Maybe I could be called Phra l33t :-) Problem is, I really love developing :(( /end_rant
Software is everything. It also sucks. Charles Fishman [^] Awasu 1.0.3 (beta)[^]: A free RSS reader with support for Code Project.
Never speak such blasphamey again!:omg: Developers are important people, they are a rare breed. Plus, developing is fun.:) ...Zack... GCS\P\SS d- s-:- a-- C++ U--- P--- L- E- W++ N o K- W+++ O++ M-- V PS+ PE Y+ PGP t+ 5+ X+ R++ tv++ b++ DI++ D+++ G+ e* h- r++ y+
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You have my sympathy but you clearly are not tired of being a developer. Just the politics that go with an organization. Guess what monks have that problem also. It still amazes me that management the world over think they can make every one in the world be good at anything if they write the policy correctly. Now in the US where the management can get sued over firing someone I can understand the rational to allways take this route. But what is the excuse in the rest of the world not to admit you have some stupid people. "For as long as I can remember, I have had memories. Colin Mochrie."
Michael A. Barnhart wrote: but you clearly are not tired of being a developer. Not quite true. I am not tired of developing but I think I am tired of *being* a developer, if you know what I mean :-) I enjoy the process of developing (not just cutting code) but it never ceases to appall me how little we have learnt, as an industry. So it's not just a question of office politics, although that certainly sucks as well :-(
Software is everything. It also sucks. Charles Fishman [^] Awasu 1.0.3 (beta)[^]: A free RSS reader with support for Code Project.
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Hmmm... Interesting post :yikes: :-) Colin Davies wrote: They should be taken outside and dealt to It's not really the devs that are the cause of the problems. [edit] There are good devs and there are bad devs (i.e. inexperienced or less skillful) and there are devs in between. The trick is to manage the mix properly. Sure, there are people around that are so bad and/or disruptive that they need to be fired but there's no-one like that here. [/edit] Colin Davies wrote: And on a further note, managers that expect to be respected becaause they have a management job are morons. Respect should be gained and is not a right. Too true, in any area of life. Colin Davies wrote: Taka if enough of your co-workers feel the same way as you I suggest you revolt I'm a contractor here so I don't really have a personal stake in it. I just find it really depressing to see companies make the same mistakes over and over again. People who actually give a damn about what they do and want to do a good job can't because they're crippled by poor work practices and processes. Stuff that we, as an industry, should have surely learnt to know better about by now. Learning from your mistakes is all good and well but it's much smarter to learn from other people's mistakes. Then you don't have to make the mistakes even once! I had a long chat with someone recently about this kind of thing. The problem with technical people and things like this is that they think that the way to fix it is through technical solutions. Not realising that the *underlying* problems are caused by not understanding how people work, operate and communicate. In other words, social, interpersonal issues rather than technical issues.
Software is everything. It also sucks. Charles Fishman [^] Awasu 1.0.3 (beta)[^]: A free RSS reader with support for Code Project.
Hi Taka, Thought I'd jump in here! (I guess I missed all of this fun on Tuesday--I was at my boatyard client and was net-less!) Taka Muraoka wrote: I'm a contractor I find I don't get upset as much about these issues being a contractor. Although money is not the cure, I pretty much add another 50% to my hourly rate for "time wasting" :-D (Fortunately, nobody has me use a punch clock. And here in the US, that's illegal for consulting services). Taka Muraoka wrote: People who actually give a damn about what they do and want to do a good job can't because they're crippled by poor work practices and processes. Stuff that we, as an industry, should have surely learnt to know better about by now. Amen! Taka Muraoka wrote: The problem with technical people and things like this is that they think that the way to fix it is through technical solutions. You're preachin' to the choir, bro'! But there's another category--the techno-dummy, who has no technical knowledge what-so-ever but still thinks technology will solve his organizational problems. I'm fighting the very battle at my second boatyard client--they're operations are a disaster, they bought my software, but it's useless to them because the surrounding processes are non-existent. I keep telling them that if you don't have a good manual process in place, adding technology is just going to make things worse. For example, they have no means of communicating phone messages to each other. They don't even use those secretary phone message pads. They write phone numbers down on little pieces of paper, or in the corner of some other document, and then spend an hour trying to find where they wrote the customer's number down (seriously, I've seen this happen several times in ONE DAY!!!). I feel you pain! Marc Help! I'm an AI running around in someone's f*cked up universe simulator.
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Vikram Punathambekar wrote: Come to India, come to India, come to India... OK. I'll start looking into tickets tomorrow... :-( Vikram Punathambekar wrote: You're kidding, aren't you? Sort of. I've spent a lot of time in Thailand over the years and it's something I really want to do! All Thai men are expected to do it at some point in their lives, usually before they get married, although you can get away with doing it for just a week. Even Christian Thais have been known to ordain due to the social pressures to do so. Typically, people will do it for 3 months during the rainy season (Pansa) and will often be given time off work to do it. This is what I want to do. Thais practice Therevada Buddhism which is a bit different to elsewhere in the world.
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Taka Muraoka wrote: Typically, people will do it for 3 months during the rainy season (Pansa) and will often be given time off work to do it. This is what I want to do. If I wasn't married with a cute kid, my plane would be arriving right about now. :) I wonder if my employer would support that decision... J
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