I don't believe I personally attacked a single individual in my response. I will, however, now waste a moment to respond to your direct attack on myself.

I am a consultant and have been for many years. We all start at the same point. At one point or another we're given or assigned to a new product involving the process of learning. Since I am paid as a consultant it is my responsibility to learn the product utilizing the time honored method of studying. That may mean working 8 hours at a site and then spend another 3 or 4 "off-the-clock" to ensure I am giving value to my client. By doing it the hard way, meaning studying, I can in a fairly short period of time become extremely comfortable with the given product. This may mean that a task performed when first introduced to the product may have taken a day or two can then be performed in 1 or 2 hours because I actually understand the product and invested the time to hone my skills.

I suppose we all have different methods of approaching tasks. Some have others do the work for them, never invest time using the available tools and never add value to their job skills. They will always have a large dependency on others to accomplish their job. Being on top means a major investment not only in your specific skill but also understanding all the peripheral aspects such as networking, server management, other useful languages, etc. which allows quick and useful responses to not only development but troubleshooting that always accompanies a skill such as Remedy. One does have to know where the problem might lay and who the owner might be and then have a willingness to assist since the real goal is to provide the client with the best possible service one can. To understand the clients business in order to assist or guide in business rules used for development to help in providing specifications for hardware and network requirements. Then providing useful designs, with options and offering accurate timelines along with benefits and consequences to not only your ideas but the client who typically has a minimal understanding of the benefits and limitations of the system and designs.

My approach has always been to give a given project everything I have in order to meet the clients goals and project deadlines. This often means investing a lot of time initially simply understanding the clients environment, then dealing with the often introduced "new ideas" mid-way through the project while still meeting the clients deadline. A 12 hour day for the first few weeks and most certainly as the project deadline approaches is not uncommon. When "new ideas" are introduced I also try to associate a potential cost regarding the initial deadline which sometime is not moveable.

The fact is there are plenty of assets associated with learning almost any development environment. It whether one wishes to make the investment and add value to one's self. As a consultant I consider it essential if you're going to give your client and placement agency what each needs for success. Success is shared amongst all.

By no means do I consider myself "high on the pedestal" as you say. I simply feel that as a consultant I should know how to do my job as best as humanly possible. Regarding waste of time. Well... I don't think anyone has a problem when a person has a problem and states they have tried various means to find a solution. However, in recent months there has been a notable increase of posts by several who quite obviously haven't taken the time to utilize a single resource other than writing to the news group with questions that are sometimes as simple as walking the tabs in the "Server Information" dialog or looking at the included help files. This is a waste of time for those who actually read each post on a daily basis and when select individuals repeatedly do such things it does cause statements such as Phil's, Gidd's, Rick's, Susan and Claire to be made. There are some in this group such as the aforementioned along with several others who are invaluable in what they give. I've never thanked them personally since I am typically quite but I will take this opportunity to say thank you now for helping me to make myself better in my job and more useful to my clients.

As far as your concerned Carl... I think each and every one of the responses made regarding this has been on the line of offering insight, perspective and method. Something I think you might learn from.

Tom

Thomas J. Mutaffis
Remedy  Consultant/Administrator/Developer
Simplexity Inc.







----- Original Message ----- From: "Carl Reenus" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Newsgroups: public.remedy.arsystem.general
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, May 09, 2006 2:57 PM
Subject: Re: Lazy posters


Asking questions that are so fundamental or basic
is a waste of everyone's time and implies a laziness or a
"mill-type" of person placed in a position they don't belong in."

Wouldn't you consider your response a giant waste of time as well?
Why not just ignore the question if you are on too high of a pedestal to answer?
That seems like less of a waste of time to me.



From: Tom Mutaffis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Lazy posters
Date: Tue, 9 May 2006 14:41:48 -0400

I couldn't agree more with both Gidd's and Rick's statements. There are manuals, Remedy courses / website assets and archived news items that would answer 99.9% of the questions asked by a certain small segment of people associated with this news group. I've belonged to this list, albeit very quietly, for quite a few years and have yet to ask a question. Why... Because I feel it is essential to work through problems to develop one's skill set. I've found, when in a real jam, that using Remedy support assets or simply review the archives answers my question. It's a very rare situation when one of the aforementioned support assets does not answer a given question.

I read all the newsgroup messages on a daily basis as well since I feel I can learn by watching or monitoring "real" problems or available support related tools to provide myself with knowledge related to issues I may not have run into or potentially a better way of dealing with a given task/issue. This process of working through and/or using already existing assets is what keeps us all on top of our trade. "

Phil said it strongly but what he said "Got a manual? Ever read it? Been to training? We have, try it" is 100% on target. Gidd's and Rick's statements are equally 100% on target. The question is... Does that very small segment get it. Probably not...

Tom

Thomas J. Mutaffis
Remedy  Consultant/Administrator/Developer
Simplexity Inc.




----- Original Message ----- From: "Rick Cook" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Newsgroups: public.remedy.arsystem.general
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, May 09, 2006 11:23 AM
Subject: OT: Lazy posters


Preach it, brother!  I'm not the admin, nor am I Claire (there could
only one Claire!), so I'll let others admonish people like Carl to
actually contribute something before insulting longtime and substantial
contributors like Phil.

But Phil and Gidd are right, and it's high time for some people to get a
wake-up call with a clue-by-4.

** DISCLAIMER **  This does NOT apply to about 98% of the posters to
this list.  This is not telling newbies "Go away".  This is not an
attempt to scare anyone away.  My stated comments are my own.

Here's the progression, for those apparently new to such processes.

1) You encounter a problem with a Remedy product.
2) You try to fix it yourself.
3) You seek help from your co-workers (if any).
4) You read the manuals and check the Remedy KB to see if there's some
tidbit of information that might help with that process.
5) Repeat steps 2-4 at least until the most apparent solutions have been
tried.
6) You contact Remedy Support and/or the list.
7) You (probably) receive help from Remedy Support and/or the list.

The ARSList is here to help people who have first made a substantial
effort to help themselves.  It is intended to be an aid to, not a
substitute for, learning how to do your job.  While we were all newbies
at some point, and we don't mind helping other newbies gain experience,
there are a few people, including several from an offshore organization,
who have shown a consistent pattern of asking basic questions to the
list instead of taking the time to read the manuals provided with the
product, and to actually grow their skills beyond that of newbie.

Were I one of these few individuals, or an employee of this
organization, I would hope that I would do what most posters do here -
display to the rest of my professional community that I had the skills
and initiative to at least learn to code my way out of a wet paper bag
with a map, a knife, and a flashlight.  Remedy isn't THAT hard to learn.

Executive Summary: Please respect the time of those who are trying to
help others by trying to help yourself first.

Sergeant-at-Arms:  Haul these miscreants away...  :)

Rick

-----Original Message-----
From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList)
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gidd Calden
Sent: Tuesday, May 09, 2006 7:12 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Pager Notifications.

Carl,

Do you mean that physically or verbally ?

In defense of Phil, and he needs no defense, he makes a good Point.

While it is often easier to ask a question on the list, perhaps  that
should be preceded by the requestor's research including looking at  a
manual once in awhile.  There are more then a few listers that have a
tendency to ask a question and then wait for the reply and not do any
self  help on their side....  YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE !

Claire, chime in here if I am to far out in left field?  Doh !!

Has Remedy stopped shipping pdf guides, manuals and reference materials
now?

My .02

Regards...Gidd



-----Original Message-----
From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList)
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Carl Reenus
Sent: Tuesday, May 09, 2006 5:40 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Pager Notifications.

Ha, what an ass!


From: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Pager Notifications.
Date: Mon, 8 May 2006 23:05:45 -0400

Got a manual?  Ever read it?  Been to training?  We have, try it.
-----Original message-----
From: Mallikharjunudu_Chidella [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Mon,  8 May 2006 22:36:21 -0400
To: [email protected]
Subject: Pager Notifications.

:-) Hi list,
:-)
:-)
:-) SLA have 2 notification one is "Email" and the other is "Pager".
Email
:-) Notification can be created using "Send Alert or Email" and for
pager we :-) should use "Send Page or Run Process" option to create
pager :-) notification through command line statement to send a page or

run an :-) executable.
:-)
:-) Can you please let me know about the command line statement to be
given
:-) in the "Send Page or Run Process" for the pager notification.
:-)
:-) Thanks in  advance. :o)
:-)
:-) Thanks
:-)
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