I emailed Guiness Book of Records, they'll get back to me with regards to this being the longest thread.
That's OK, Scott. It is good to hear I am not the only one into CF on this list who is committed to moving into high-paying jobs with ambiguous position titles. "Programmer" seems so routine (pun intended). Chad who is loving Brisbane, due largely to the incredible generosity of a few select people On 9/13/06, Scott Barnes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Its true.. > > I sit here daily thinking about how life in CF/FLEX programming was so damn > sweet. Now days, i spend most of my time in meetings, talking about what I'd > like to do with the two brands under my charge, yet can't quite execute them > due to some crap about governance or red tape here and there. So, i continue > on my week, simply talking and discussing things that have no outcome or > cost benefit realisation. > > Its funny at times, i have roughly around $20million in projects that I'm in > charge of, but they are simply "virtual" - ie nothing yet been done. It > feels like Dilbert most days, I go "I've come up with a great piece of > software, but first check out the box it comes in.. it has holograms, and > and bright colors etc"... and then dilbert goes "But sir.. we haven't yet > created the software".... then i'd have to go "Have i not shown you the > box!!!!". > > Life was much simpler being a programmer, you had a rule book and you did > the doing... being a manager, you tend to have to delegate the doing and > hope the doing gets done.... and when it is done you turn and go "Is that > it?...thats what i just signed off 10k for? ... man, i'd like to grab the > CFAUSSIE crew in on this, get them to do the job(s) and buy all bigscreen > tv's with money left over!!!" > > I rant... > > The humour in this one post is - As i typed, I had my Outlook spring two > meeting reminders, turns out i'm double booked... dear god, i am going to > snap soon ;) hehe. > > Scott Out. > Working in the Govt has taught me one thing, Accountability is like a > Unicorn, I hear it exists and its magical, but yet to see it first hand. > > On 9/13/06, Barry Beattie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > good on yer, M@ > > > he did mention a lot more print advertising as well as event advertising > etc > > I'd be very keen to see cf8 before stepping away from it > > encouragement at last! > > I hope the knobs at Adobe realise some of the best advertising is > free: next time an Adobe bigwig gives an interview to tech press, CF > gets an honerable mention when the names Flash, Flex, LiveCycle, etc > are rattled off... > > cheers > barry.b > > PS: Give up, Barnes. No one takes you seriously anymore now that > you've moved into the realm of pointy-haired types...with _nothing_ to > do with web solutions....(just joking!) > > > -- > Regards, > Scott Barnes > http://www.mossyblog.com > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "cfaussie" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cfaussie -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
