Just solved a problem for a Fortune 200 company

[Datawiz]

Engaged with a huge, well known client doing Tech Debt Remediation.

Inherited a process that took 60,000 MS, our dev team refactored the code down to 48,000 MS using coding best practices (a win).

Today, getting creative I found the true root cause of the issue and I got them down to 3,529 MS. Client is over the moon.

I was always unsure of my ability being in the "bigs" when I got into this industry, but today validates that I have what it takes to make a difference for clients of this size.

[snide]

A millisecond saved...

[Datawiz]

Originally Posted by snide

A millisecond saved...

No...60 seconds to 48 seconds to 3 seconds.

Client has already identified our firm as the best SI ever and is asking us to plot out the next several years worth of work. We have stood out in a big way to all that came before.

[snide]

[mrvette]

Well, contrats.....now if I understood watt you did in a complete/cogent sense....it wood be nice......

[Datawiz]

Originally Posted by mrvette

Well, contrats.....now if I understood watt you did in a complete/cogent sense....it wood be nice......

I got creative, entered in a back door, and figured out why shit was taking so long. My creative efforts took a 60 second transaction that caused errors down to a 3 second transaction with no errors.

[DAB]

eh, efficient coding is overrated....

wild guess: the previous "standard" was good enough because of some other hardware constraint that no longer exists.

[DAB]

Originally Posted by datawiz

I got creative, entered in a back door, and figured out why shit was taking so long. My creative efforts took a 60 second transaction that caused errors down to a 3 second transaction with no errors.

did you outsource some work to Knooger?

[Datawiz]

Originally Posted by DAB

did you outsource some work to Knooger?

Yes, I engaged Knooger for the back door coding.

At the end of the day, in this industry crowded with offshore talent, and people that have direct skills, but no depth of experience, my 35 years of coding, consulting, data experience allowed me to creatively analyze why shit wasn't working and test a solution. This industry does not have a lot of people with 35 years of consulting experience. It was an extremely validating day for me.

My firm is very smitten with me and has been showering me with off cycle bonuses and grooming me for director level position. Kinda hoping that happens in the next promotion cycle in May. That's another 6-figures on top of what I already make.

[Bill]

Originally Posted by datawiz

I got creative, entered in a back door, and figured out why shit was taking so long. My creative efforts took a 60 second transaction that caused errors down to a 3 second transaction with no errors.

Hey, no one is going to kink shame here. You go with your bad self!

[Datawiz]

Originally Posted by bill_daniels

Hey, no one is going to kink shame here. You go with your bad self!

Cute, I see what you did there.

[dvarapala]

Originally Posted by datawiz

Engaged with a huge, well known client doing Tech Debt Remediation.

Inherited a process that took 60,000 MS, our dev team refactored the code down to 48,000 MS using coding best practices (a win).

Today, getting creative I found the true root cause of the issue and I got them down to 3,529 MS. Client is over the moon.

I was always unsure of my ability being in the "bigs" when I got into this industry, but today validates that I have what it takes to make a difference for clients of this size.

Pics of code?

[gs568]

Originally Posted by datawiz

I got creative, entered in a back door, and figured out why shit was taking so long. My creative efforts took a 60 second transaction that caused errors down to a 3 second transaction with no errors.

Watched a movie last night called Hummingbird with Salma Hayek that talked about that topic.

[snide]

Originally Posted by datawiz

Yes, I engaged Knooger for the back door coding.

At the end of the day, in this industry crowded with offshore talent, and people that have direct skills, but no depth of experience, my 35 years of coding, consulting, data experience allowed me to creatively analyze why shit wasn't working and test a solution. This industry does not have a lot of people with 35 years of consulting experience. It was an extremely validating day for me.

My firm is very smitten with me and has been showering me with off cycle bonuses and grooming me for director level position. Kinda hoping that happens in the next promotion cycle in May. That's another 6-figures on top of what I already make.

I know exactly what you mean, when you say "offshore 'talent'". Congrats, and best wishes for climbing that next rung.

[ratflinger]

Good for you!


I know you just updated your display system, did you go with 27" or 32" monitors, and flat or curved?

[Datawiz]

Originally Posted by ratflinger

Good for you!


I know you just updated your display system, did you go with 27" or 32" monitors, and flat or curved?

18 32" 4k's

[VITE1]

Great to hear this. good work Craig.

[Mike Mercury]

Originally Posted by datawiz

back door

sounds like a category on

Porn Hub. Just sayin...

[Bluescorvette]

Congratulations on your knowledge and productivity.

[BayouCountry]

Congratulations. Sounds like you are having as much fun as me throughout my 30 year IT career.

I can relate to your experience. I always wondered how I could get paid so well for solving puzzles though coding and managing databases. Sometimes stressful, but mostly fun playing with expensive toys.

My biggest puzzle was a large file pointer problem. The database software was the issue so I had to code around it until a patch was available.

Worst issue in my career was trying to recover data after an employee installed the backup removable disk pack into a bad drive. I did a lot of file rebuilding from the files I was able to recover from the damaged disk and archives. He damn near lost most of the company’s data.