draghu wrote: These are my early days of being a part of a big enterprise software organization, I am not sure if I can fit here. At least these are not the kind of challenges I would like to take up What challenge exactly do you think you are encountering? Large organizations will have more complex communication problems. I believe there is even socialogical theories about that. That has nothing to do with technology. Supporting customer on different releases is a business decison just like any other business decision. The business was willing to pay you for a week due to the businesses inability to track down information. Maybe they prefer it that way. Maybe they just can't figure out how to do it better. But maybe they are open to allowing you to find a different way to do it.

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I'd say look now, if you are really nervous about how it looks to serve a short stint, tough it out 12 months, then look. I'd say do what you'll be happy with. As far as what to look for. Try to find out exactly what you'll be doing, working, etc before you accept. If possible, talk to people in the position you will have, either on linked in, or in person, formally/informally, whatever. I wish I did that at my last job. In my current job, I had a pretty good understanding of my day to day before I accepted.

Well thank you. I'm not used to getting any praise and don't know how to deal with it, please abuse me, it will feel more normal. :laugh: I would say my success in getting through to management is about 1:99. Mostly I get shot down and then later someone in management comes up with this brilliant idea that sounds suspiciously like mine. But by then the serial numbers have been filed off and it couldn't possibly be related, mine was a stupid idea and theirs is brilliant. If I can demonstrate my idea will save the company money, I have a better chance than showing it can make money. After being assigned the task to determine whether I would use $500/copy software or $500/piece hardware to generate barcodes from a text file and writing the program to use whatever my choice was, I demonstrated a $10 off the shelf program that did the job with minimal user intervention (rather than totally automated, but it was only a once a day affair). They decided to go with my solution and gave me a $250 bonus. Telling them you have something that can make money, not so much, that is their domain. Psychosis at 10 Film at 11

I am sorry, my mistake.

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