Finally getting my next work assignment. [Archive]

Datawiz

03-12-2018, 7:58pm

Looks like I'm destined to always be put on the difficult projects. I get an easy 30 hours next week in Atlanta, and GWiz is on Spring Break then, so I'm driving a rental car up Saturday morning and will get to spend Sat-Mon with her, spend 30 hours on a client site Tue-Thu and then drive home. After that, I'm on a critical project that was supposed to go live last JULY. I'll be on this project until the end of THIS July.

I do have to admit, I love being in demand. If this keeps up, I'll win a trip every year. :yesnod: Took 17 days off in February, and a 1 week idle period due to client ineptitude, and still the top producer in the entire company YTD...1000+ people.

snide

03-12-2018, 8:06pm

What's it like to have a job? :bigears:

Datawiz

03-12-2018, 8:08pm

What's it like to have a job? :bigears:

Tons of stress, lots of beer, and a nice paycheck.

You mastered Salesforce yet? :bigears:

For anyone who wants to do what I do, click here. (https://trailhead.salesforce.com/en/home)

It's free, it can be fun, and if you can build your skills, you can have a generation of employment in a high-dollar industry. :yesnod:

Datawiz

03-12-2018, 8:16pm

Interesting tidbit, this client was originally a client of Deloitte, and they delivered a crappy solution. They do nearly 40 billion in revenue a year and are a direct competitor of ours. Our team even dropped the ball, hence the delivery date of LAST July. Now I get to make things right, and I will. :yesnod:

Coming from a dinky town in Florida, I never realized that I could make such an impact in the Fortune 500 arena. :leaving:

DAB

03-12-2018, 8:18pm

Dinky Data.

Has a certain ring to it. :leaving:

snide

03-12-2018, 8:23pm

Dinky Data.

Has a certain ring to it. :leaving:

Paging Dixie! Dixie to the white courtesy phone! :datawiz:

Datawiz

03-12-2018, 8:24pm

Paging Dixie! Dixie to the white courtesy phone! :datawiz:

:funnier: :funnier: :funnier:

snide

03-12-2018, 8:32pm

Interesting tidbit, this client was originally a client of Deloitte, and they delivered a crappy solution.

I've worked with Deloitte before. Hard to believe they're still in business.

Datawiz

03-12-2018, 8:34pm

I've worked with Deloitte before. Hard to believe they're still in business.

Doesn't matter how big you are, it all comes down to individual people who step up. I chuckle when I listen to my manager bitch about millenials, and even funnier, a guy who's in between his (he's older) and my age, and is steadfast that 40 hours is all he has to work. :slap: Hate to say it peeps, if you want to play in the big pond, you have to pay your dues. 40/week ain't gonna give you a monster paycheck...nor a ribbon.

snide

03-12-2018, 8:45pm

I concur. Do whatever it takes to get the job done. With your manager's attitude, is it any wonder the timeline wasn't met? :bigears:

Datawiz

03-12-2018, 8:51pm

I concur. Do whatever it takes to get the job done. With your manager's attitude, is it any wonder the timeline wasn't met? :bigears:

My manager is awesome, and worked side-by-side with me on the last gig. He's only been with the company since the end of last year. His boss is my old manager, and he's the one that's been communicating with me about this project. A quote from him: "No messing around on this project man, we sold you real hard." I read this as a huge compliment. My employer knows I can get the job done, and they used my history and ability to close the project change order to reboot the project, and deliver by this July. My new project manager couldn't believe I worked 74 hours last week. 74? Seriously? That was a vacation. :lol:

Datawiz

03-12-2018, 8:52pm

I concur. Do whatever it takes to get the job done. With your manager's attitude, is it any wonder the timeline wasn't met? :bigears:

Manager does whatever it takes. Works his ass off. This was a comment about one of his other direct reports. :seasix:

MrPeabody

03-12-2018, 9:13pm

snide

03-12-2018, 9:39pm

FasterTraffic

03-12-2018, 9:59pm

Two scenarios that would be funny for different reasons:

1. Hey, Datawiz, your new assignment should be real easy. Shouldn't need more than two monitors to handle it.
2. Hey, Datawiz, your next assignment is pretty complex. You got room for four more monitors?

3. Hey, Datawiz, we are designing a new application with significant accessibility functionality and we need you to represent our vision-impaired user base and not use a monitor.

OddBall

03-13-2018, 2:42am

If you don't mind me asking; what exactly do you do, and what's your skill set?

Rob

03-13-2018, 6:22am

Paging Dixie! Dixie to the white courtesy phone! :datawiz:

Everything is data. Everything!!

Jeff '79

03-13-2018, 6:25am

If you don't mind me asking; what exactly do you do, and what's your skill set?

Master engine mechanic. :leaving:

Datawiz

03-13-2018, 7:30am

If you don't mind me asking; what exactly do you do, and what's your skill set?

For this company I am a data architect. I move and transform data from legacy systems into Salesforce. I've been a programmer and data guy for 30 years, so I hit the ground running. Salesforce is the 800 pound gorilla in the CRM business. This stock chart says it all. :yesnod:

You don't have to be just a data guy to be in the salesforce ecosystem. There are tons of roles, project manager, engagement manager, technical architect, solution architect, ... and many lesser roles. The education is free for the taking for those who want to dip their toes in. (link in my other post) It's a very cool, and flexible platform. :seasix:

Datawiz

03-13-2018, 7:30am

Master engine blower upper. :leaving:

:leaving:

Mike Mercury

03-13-2018, 8:08am

What's it like to have a job? :bigears:

THE SILHOUETTES - "GET A JOB" (1957) - YouTube

DAB

03-13-2018, 8:23am

THE SILHOUETTES - "GET A JOB" (1957) - YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysKhbaLyIFw)

And a haircut!

Thunder22

03-13-2018, 8:44am

If you don't mind me asking; what exactly do you do, and what's your skill set?

He picks up data from one system, and maps it into another. He's a human ETL.

:leaving:

Mike Mercury

03-13-2018, 9:21am

And a haircut!

http://jp24.r0tt.com/l_4acb12e0-01d1-11e4-ac66-e5eec6c00024.jpg

ToolMaker

03-13-2018, 9:44am

Doesn't matter how big you are, it all comes down to individual people who step up. I chuckle when I listen to my manager bitch about millenials, and even funnier, a guy who's in between his (he's older) and my age, and is steadfast that 40 hours is all he has to work. :slap: Hate to say it peeps, if you want to play in the big pond, you have to pay your dues. 40/week ain't gonna give you a monster paycheck...nor a ribbon.

I agree!

It been nice lately, to get down to under a 60 hr. week! :cert:

DAB

03-13-2018, 9:55am

some bosses/companies do not reward extra effort/time. and some people do not want to trade their time for extra benefits and pay. they are quite content with their balance of time worked and money earned. they will faithfully do their assignments, year in and year out, for as long as you want them to, but come 5pm, they are heading home for dinner.

others, such as Dinky, have decided that they will trade more of their time for more rewards.

neither is right or wrong, they are just different. the challenge to the boss is to figure this out as soon as possible so you can put people in the best place to benefit the company.

mr. 40 hour likely looks at Dinky as a money grubbing, no life, workaholic. maybe he watched his father work all his life and die at 60, never retiring, and has decided that he wants to be able to see sunsets from his deck while he drinks a beer and have time to do hobbies on Saturday.

and Dinky looks at mr. 40 hour as a lazy, time clock watcher who is letting so much money slip thru his hands.

me?

i might wander down to the shop later and un-clamp some things. expecting company later! they are staying for dinner, will crash in the guesthouse, and then i'll make breakfast tomorrow morning for all. my bills are paid.

:DAB:

Datawiz

03-13-2018, 10:14am

and Dinky looks at mr. 40 hour as a lazy, time clock watcher who is letting so much money slip thru his hands.

:DAB:

It's not completely about money, in this past project's situation, it was about the customer, protecting my employer, and successfully finishing the project. If I were a 40/hr a week guy, this project would have run for another 4-5 months. Unacceptable for all involved.

In better news, word just came out that the client has decided NOT to bring in 4 more years of data! My roll-off from this project happens at the end of the week! :hurray: So looking forward to something new.

Oh, and Dinky. :funnier: :funnier: :funnier:

DAB

03-13-2018, 10:20am

when you are at the worker bee level, you don't get to see the bigger picture. all you know is what gets plopped on your desk everyday.

you aren't included in profit sharing plans, you don't get stock grants. you show up, do your job, get your paycheck, and you go home.

big picture? never heard of it. he just does what is required of him. and the world needs those guys. they don't create internal squabbles about who will get the next big project. they don't fight over the last bonus dollar.

not everyone wants to be a manager, nor is everyone suited to be a supervisor. they have enough problems just managing their own work and life, they have no business telling 20 others how to do their jobs.

:DAB:

GWiz

03-13-2018, 11:19am

Master engine mechanic. :leaving:How many blown engines does it take before you're not a master engine mechanic anymore? :leaving:

Datawiz

03-13-2018, 11:21am

How many blown engines does it take before you're not a master engine mechanic anymore? :leaving:

:rofl:

DAB

03-13-2018, 11:22am

How many blown engines does it take before you're not a master engine mechanic anymore? :leaving:

:rofl::rofl:

guess who will be doing chores next time she is home? :dance::dance:

OddBall

03-13-2018, 12:43pm

For this company I am a data architect. I move and transform data from legacy systems into Salesforce. I've been a programmer and data guy for 30 years, so I hit the ground running. Salesforce is the 800 pound gorilla in the CRM business. This stock chart says it all. :yesnod:

You don't have to be just a data guy to be in the salesforce ecosystem. There are tons of roles, project manager, engagement manager, technical architect, solution architect, ... and many lesser roles. The education is free for the taking for those who want to dip their toes in. (link in my other post) It's a very cool, and flexible platform. :seasix:

I might have to look into that. :seasix:

He picks up data from one system, and maps it into another. He's a human ETL.

:leaving:

I wrote executables that did what an ETL process does before I knew what an ETL was. :funnier:

How many blown engines does it take before you're not a master engine mechanic anymore? :leaving:

:funnier: :funnier:

GWiz

03-13-2018, 12:44pm

:rofl::rofl:

guess who will be doing chores next time she is home? :dance::dance::willy:

DAB

03-13-2018, 12:48pm

all smoke and mirrors.

you just pour all the 1s and 0s into a bucket, put a lid on it, carry it to the next room, and then pour them all into the new computer, being sure not to spill any, nor to get any in the wrong places. done. pay up sucker! :dance::dance:

OddBall

03-13-2018, 12:51pm

Datawiz

03-13-2018, 12:55pm

I wrote executables that did what an ETL process does before I knew what an ETL was. :funnier:

Same here :yesnod:

snide

03-13-2018, 1:14pm

I wrote executables that did what an ETL process does before I knew what an ETL was. :funnier:

Same here :yesnod:

Ditto. I was also using Agile before it was invented.

snide

03-13-2018, 7:15pm

Tons of stress, lots of beer, and a nice paycheck.

You mastered Salesforce yet? :bigears:

For anyone who wants to do what I do, click here. (https://trailhead.salesforce.com/en/home)

It's free, it can be fun, and if you can build your skills, you can have a generation of employment in a high-dollar industry. :yesnod:

Now that I've signed up, and have started going through the trails, how many more monitors am I going to need? :bigears:

JRD77VET

03-13-2018, 7:56pm

Now that I've signed up, and have started going through the trails, how many more monitors am I going to need? :bigears:

.

Datawiz

03-13-2018, 8:17pm

Now that I've signed up, and have started going through the trails, how many more monitors am I going to need? :bigears:

That can be done on two monitors. When you get to the tests/quizzes, you have the original content on one, and the active test on the other. :yesnod:

snide

03-13-2018, 8:26pm

That can be done on two monitors. When you get to the tests/quizzes, you have the original content on one, and the active test on the other. :yesnod:

Two browser windows works too. :D One thing about higher resolution monitors is that you can have two (or more) documents open side by each. :datawiz:

BTW, do you have any trailmix to share? :bigears:

Datawiz

03-13-2018, 8:37pm

BTW, do you have any trailmix to share? :bigears:

I'm fresh out. Want a cold beer? I've got a few of those.

And yes...I have side by side browsers and apps on MANY of my monitors. ;) Turns 18 into so much more. :yesnod:

snide

03-13-2018, 8:54pm

Yeah, I could use a cold beer or 10. :funnier::funnier::banghead:

Datawiz

03-13-2018, 9:02pm

Yeah, I could use a cold beer or 10. :funnier::funnier::banghead:

:lol::cert::datawiz::datawiz::datawiz::datawiz::datawiz::datawiz::datawiz::datawiz:

simpleman68

03-15-2018, 4:17pm

Hate to say it peeps, if you want to play in the big pond, you have to pay your dues. 40/week ain't gonna give you a monster paycheck...nor a ribbon.

Ding ding ding :yesnod:

And I've had 2 companies going simultaneously since '99 :needcoffee:

I also try to play as hard as I work. I'm very fortunate I get to spend so much time with my family.
Scott