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Say you have this colleague... They promise to do something and they really try to get it done but hose it up all royal like... So bad you have to spend all sorts of time (2x as much as would be necessary if they had done it right the first time) to get it all sorted out.
Are you allowed to be pissed at them???
Are you allowed to be pissed at them???
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From: Over the Electric Grapevine.....man
Originally Posted by WhrDLMI,Nov 6 2006, 10:51 AM
Say you have this colleague... They promise to do something and they really try to get it done but hose it up all royal like... So bad you have to spend all sorts of time (2x as much as would be necessary if they had done it right the first time) to get it all sorted out.
Are you allowed to be pissed at them???
Are you allowed to be pissed at them???
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From: BFE... literally :)
Originally Posted by cap1,Nov 6 2006, 10:48 AM
I hear Ya over at Inline is building a 2.7L in his car ....
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From: Arlington, Virginia
scenario: project is already over budget due to a horrible application that didn't scale well, takes hours to query and only allows 1 person on at a time (access db)
do you:
a. Go into the red more and redevelop it, putting more scalability into it, using SQL server instead of access and redesigning the data tables or
b. Continue using the almost unusable app and go further into the red, just not all at the same time.
This is an unsupported application so no scheduled releases, etc... More or less just a DB of specific clinics in the US.
You're the manager, what do you do?
do you:
a. Go into the red more and redevelop it, putting more scalability into it, using SQL server instead of access and redesigning the data tables or
b. Continue using the almost unusable app and go further into the red, just not all at the same time.
This is an unsupported application so no scheduled releases, etc... More or less just a DB of specific clinics in the US.
You're the manager, what do you do?
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Originally Posted by WhrDLMI,Nov 6 2006, 10:51 AM
Say you have this colleague... They promise to do something and they really try to get it done but hose it up all royal like... So bad you have to spend all sorts of time (2x as much as would be necessary if they had done it right the first time) to get it all sorted out.
Are you allowed to be pissed at them???
Are you allowed to be pissed at them???
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From: MoCo
Originally Posted by bighead2,Nov 6 2006, 10:56 AM
scenario: project is already over budget due to a horrible application that didn't scale well, takes hours to query and only allows 1 person on at a time (access db)
do you:
a. Go into the red more and redevelop it, putting more scalability into it, using SQL server instead of access and redesigning the data tables or
b. Continue using the almost unusable app and go further into the red, just not all at the same time.
This is an unsupported application so no scheduled releases, etc... More or less just a DB of specific clinics in the US.
You're the manager, what do you do?
do you:
a. Go into the red more and redevelop it, putting more scalability into it, using SQL server instead of access and redesigning the data tables or
b. Continue using the almost unusable app and go further into the red, just not all at the same time.
This is an unsupported application so no scheduled releases, etc... More or less just a DB of specific clinics in the US.
You're the manager, what do you do?
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From: Arlington, Virginia
Originally Posted by WhrDLMI,Nov 6 2006, 10:51 AM
Say you have this colleague... They promise to do something and they really try to get it done but hose it up all royal like... So bad you have to spend all sorts of time (2x as much as would be necessary if they had done it right the first time) to get it all sorted out.
Are you allowed to be pissed at them???
Are you allowed to be pissed at them???
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From: Leesburg, VA
Originally Posted by CrazyCracker82,Nov 6 2006, 10:53 AM
rhetorical question?
I very much want to get pissed at this person. She took on a job that she never should have taken on. Got it about 70% there, but now I have to go in and fix the last 30%.
The problem is that it is going to take me 200% longer to fix the 30% than if I had done the 100% to begin with...
My ethical conundrum comes from the facts that a) she is a very nice person and really tried to do the work and b) the task is really small and inconsequential (until it has to be fixed).
I think I am just going to internalize my frustration, fix the issue, and put it behind me.
For the record, I am really :kirk:'d tho...
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Originally Posted by speed_bump,Nov 6 2006, 10:56 AM
UH Yes, unless you told them not to bother you so they couldn;t ask questions.