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And I thought SalesOps was a joke

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  • P PeejayAdams

    I rap and I code - I'm basically a HipOps guy.

    Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect. - Mark Twain

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    Gary Wheeler
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    :laugh:

    Software Zen: delete this;

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    • C Chris Maunder

      We have DevOps, SysOps, SecOps. Even NoOps (that's me at 8pm staring a the bottom of an empty glass). I was joking that I bet a few of you are actually SalesOps: IT Professionals who have to get on sales calls to help the sales team explain to customers what the product is, what it does, why it's useful and why they, Mr or Mrs Attractive and Intelligent Customer, really, really need it in their lives. You probably then go and have a half hour shower and scrub hard. Except SalesOps is really a thing and now my day is just a bit sadder. So what Ops are you? Bonus points for the most obscure and/or embarrassing.

      cheers Chris Maunder

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      Joe Woodbury
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      Apparently Microsoft now has IconOps It's time for RetOps or at least VacOps (not vacuum, unless that's your thing, but vacation--you know that mystical time when you have leisure time away from work for more than a weekend.)

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      • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

        His needs.

        Sent from my Amstrad PC 1640 Never throw anything away, Griff Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay... AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!

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        CodeWraith
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        After several operations and a few weeks in the hospital I don't really feel needy.

        I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats. His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.

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        • C Chris Maunder

          We have DevOps, SysOps, SecOps. Even NoOps (that's me at 8pm staring a the bottom of an empty glass). I was joking that I bet a few of you are actually SalesOps: IT Professionals who have to get on sales calls to help the sales team explain to customers what the product is, what it does, why it's useful and why they, Mr or Mrs Attractive and Intelligent Customer, really, really need it in their lives. You probably then go and have a half hour shower and scrub hard. Except SalesOps is really a thing and now my day is just a bit sadder. So what Ops are you? Bonus points for the most obscure and/or embarrassing.

          cheers Chris Maunder

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          RedDk
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          AnticHayOps! (thank-you very much)

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          • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

            Well, a surgeon might be OpOps, but as a one man band, I'm just MeOps.

            Sent from my Amstrad PC 1640 Never throw anything away, Griff Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay... AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!

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            Marco Bertschi
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            OriginalGriff wrote:

            MeOps

            That's an 'e' to much. MOps[^]

            I only have a signature in order to let @DalekDave follow my posts.

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            • M musefan

              Don't forget PreOps and PostOps are starting to become more and more common these days...

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              Marco Bertschi
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              It's all about transformation. I'll get my coat.

              I only have a signature in order to let @DalekDave follow my posts.

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              • K kmoorevs

                :thumbsup: And I thought I had it rough! At least I don't have to deal with hardware or international concerns! Keep up the good work! :)

                "Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse

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                den2k88
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                First it was industrial machines with a ton of extremely specialized hardware (X-ray generators, X-ray detectors, custom made boards and so on), in the international market subjected both to radioprotection laws and food&beverage treatment laws (when not pharmaceutical). Now it is ECU diagnostic tools for a large car manifacturer, with a ton of extremely specialized hardware whose each unit costs about as much as one of the machines I developed and manifactured in the previous job. All this in an international market with all the laws for safety and vehicles safety. I managed to get rid of VB6, I acquired a sh*tty Open Source GUI Toolit developed single handedly by a dutch who, I have reasons to believe, enjoyed the freedom in recreational drugs use of the Netherlands a bit too much. Pros: the pay is much better. Cons: the work environment managed to burn me out in 2 months, instead of the 5 years and a half that the old workplace took to get me at the same burn-out point.

                GCS d--(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+++*      Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X

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                • D den2k88

                  First it was industrial machines with a ton of extremely specialized hardware (X-ray generators, X-ray detectors, custom made boards and so on), in the international market subjected both to radioprotection laws and food&beverage treatment laws (when not pharmaceutical). Now it is ECU diagnostic tools for a large car manifacturer, with a ton of extremely specialized hardware whose each unit costs about as much as one of the machines I developed and manifactured in the previous job. All this in an international market with all the laws for safety and vehicles safety. I managed to get rid of VB6, I acquired a sh*tty Open Source GUI Toolit developed single handedly by a dutch who, I have reasons to believe, enjoyed the freedom in recreational drugs use of the Netherlands a bit too much. Pros: the pay is much better. Cons: the work environment managed to burn me out in 2 months, instead of the 5 years and a half that the old workplace took to get me at the same burn-out point.

                  GCS d--(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+++*      Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X

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                  kmoorevs
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                  den2k88 wrote:

                  Now it is ECU diagnostic tools

                  Wow, you may be just the guy to answer a question I have. My truck has a history of hard starting when the temperature drops below about 50F and it hasn't been started in a day or so. It turns over briskly, so not a battery issue. I always hesitate for several seconds on a cold start to give the fuel pump time to pressurize. A recent google search led me to try using a hair dryer to warm the ECU for a couple of minutes. I didn't believe it until I tried it...three times now...wouldn't start, break out the hair dryer for a few minutes and it starts right up. My guess is I need a new ECU.

                  "Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse

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                    den2k88 wrote:

                    Now it is ECU diagnostic tools

                    Wow, you may be just the guy to answer a question I have. My truck has a history of hard starting when the temperature drops below about 50F and it hasn't been started in a day or so. It turns over briskly, so not a battery issue. I always hesitate for several seconds on a cold start to give the fuel pump time to pressurize. A recent google search led me to try using a hair dryer to warm the ECU for a couple of minutes. I didn't believe it until I tried it...three times now...wouldn't start, break out the hair dryer for a few minutes and it starts right up. My guess is I need a new ECU.

                    "Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse

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                    den2k88
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                    Which ECU? The least I saw in the oldest model I worked on have a dozen or more of them - new cars exceed 70. Did you know that the eben the tow bar has one? I didn't. You probably have to replace that ECU but take a look where it is placed to check the presence of moisture - that could very well change the impedance on some ground connections, causing all kinds of inconveniences. Is it a common problem of that model or just yours? Temperature and humidity severely impacts on electronic hardware.

                    GCS d--(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+++*      Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X

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                    • M musefan

                      I once knew a pirate IT specialist... CyclOps

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                      xiecsuk
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                      Didn't he have a mate called CheOps? I think he left a pile of stones lying around somewhere.

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                      • F F ES Sitecore

                        If you ever work for a digital agency you'll probably be practicing MiracleOps. It's when non-technical salespeople visit the client to try and secure the work, and in order to do so say "yes" to everything, from scope to timescales and budget. Only when the contract is signed and sealed do they hand the work off to you. "You know Facebook, right? Well the client wants a site like that. They have a £100,000 budget and they want it live next month."

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                        DerekT P
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                        I once worked for a software vendor where a particular salesman was in the habit of saying "yes" to everything, but qualifying it with "I'll show you a demo after lunch". On days when he was doing sales presentations I never got a lunch break; but he never once failed to demo a function that hadn't existed at the time he promised it, so I guess he knew my development abilities pretty accurately! (After a while I made sure to stand at the back of the presentation room and nod or shake my head when a prospect asked "can it do xxxx?") The company perks were pretty good so I didn't complain too loudly..

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                        • C Chris Maunder

                          We have DevOps, SysOps, SecOps. Even NoOps (that's me at 8pm staring a the bottom of an empty glass). I was joking that I bet a few of you are actually SalesOps: IT Professionals who have to get on sales calls to help the sales team explain to customers what the product is, what it does, why it's useful and why they, Mr or Mrs Attractive and Intelligent Customer, really, really need it in their lives. You probably then go and have a half hour shower and scrub hard. Except SalesOps is really a thing and now my day is just a bit sadder. So what Ops are you? Bonus points for the most obscure and/or embarrassing.

                          cheers Chris Maunder

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                          Slow Eddie
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                          All of the really bad puns aside, It is the SALES to CUSTOMERS that pay the bills. Including your salary. You should really be complaining about the clown that came up with the whole "Ops" naming scheme. :mad:

                          Never complain about the guy bring the money in.

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                          • C Chris Maunder

                            We have DevOps, SysOps, SecOps. Even NoOps (that's me at 8pm staring a the bottom of an empty glass). I was joking that I bet a few of you are actually SalesOps: IT Professionals who have to get on sales calls to help the sales team explain to customers what the product is, what it does, why it's useful and why they, Mr or Mrs Attractive and Intelligent Customer, really, really need it in their lives. You probably then go and have a half hour shower and scrub hard. Except SalesOps is really a thing and now my day is just a bit sadder. So what Ops are you? Bonus points for the most obscure and/or embarrassing.

                            cheers Chris Maunder

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                            yacCarsten
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                            Egyptian pharaohs were CheOps

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                            • C Chris Maunder

                              We have DevOps, SysOps, SecOps. Even NoOps (that's me at 8pm staring a the bottom of an empty glass). I was joking that I bet a few of you are actually SalesOps: IT Professionals who have to get on sales calls to help the sales team explain to customers what the product is, what it does, why it's useful and why they, Mr or Mrs Attractive and Intelligent Customer, really, really need it in their lives. You probably then go and have a half hour shower and scrub hard. Except SalesOps is really a thing and now my day is just a bit sadder. So what Ops are you? Bonus points for the most obscure and/or embarrassing.

                              cheers Chris Maunder

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                              James Lonero
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                              I once knew a doctor who was a proctops.

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