Thanks, Leah. I agree with all you said. We will never find exactly what we want in one person. I've found a few very good candidates, all of whom have wide varieties of experience. The trick now will be to pick my battles, so to speak, and decide what I want and need the most. Bottom line is it ain't easy!
--- In [email protected], Leah Halpin <leahhalpin@...> wrote: > > Allow me to suggest that finding someone who knows your exact system/toolkit > is not necessarily going to mean a small learning curve. I have worked with > people who "knew" the tool being used from previous positions and had worked > with it for many years. However, they couldn't adapt to a new business > process nor to a different industry. > > > Also, I've known people who supposedly knew the tool and the industry, but > just didn't bother to do any work, although they sold themselves well in the > interview. Others who knew the tool, but had no idea how to gather > requirements or even interpret guidelines, they had to be told EXACTLY what > to do, that made more work for the rest of us, not less. > > > Bottom line, I now look for people whose resumes show flexibility, variety > and evidence of learning ability. I learned this the hard way, maybe you > can avoid that mistake. > > Second piece of advice, ask the question you really want answered instead of > posing a hypothetical, you'll get better answers. > > > Good Luck, > Leah > > > > ________________________________ > From: tbergmann1 <tbergmann1@...> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2012 2:09 PM > Subject: [EDI-L] Re: GIS and SI > > >  > I apologize for the tardiness, but thank you all for your comments. I am > essentially trying to figure out if I hire someone who has GIS experience, > the shift to SI will be minimal. Unfortunately we can't afford a big > learning curve so I have to minimize my vulnerability. But it does sound > like it won't be too bad. > > --- In [email protected], Samantha Scott <mossmuncher@> wrote: > > > > When we went from GIS to SI I hardly noticed the difference, operationally. > > All my old stuff worked. Adapters get improved and deprecated as one > > would expect. Its always good to know which ones you are using and read > > the update notes carefully. I have been updating all the xpath to the more > > specific reference as preferred by SI: string(/ProcessData/ParticularNode) > > rather than //ParticularNode/text() but the old way continues to work in > > the meantime. > > > > My biggest piece of advice is never upgrade...always do a fresh install on > > a new server instance, migrate all your prod to it (test extensively) and > > then make it prod when you take down the old instance and copy prod for > > your new test environment. With the latest versions of SI as administered > > by IBM that is your only option now anyway. Good choice...upgrades were > > twice the work and 3 times the hassle going forward. > > > > On Aug 17, 2012, at 4:29 PM, tbergmann1 wrote: > > > > > Hello folks. I would like to pick your brains regarding Sterling's GIS > > > and Sterling Integrator. Essentially what I would like to know is if > > > someone is very knowledgeable about GIS but has never used SI, how big of > > > a learning curve would you think there would be? Based on what I know > > > about both (which, admittedly is little), I would suspect it's not too > > > big a learning curve, but I'd rather hear from someone who has used both. > > > > > > Thanks for all your help and happy Friday! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > ------------------------------------ ... Please use the following Message Identifiers as your subject prefix: <SALES>, <JOBS>, <LIST>, <TECH>, <MISC>, <EVENT>, <OFF-TOPIC> Job postings are welcome, but for job postings or requests for work: <JOBS> IS REQUIRED in the subject line as a prefix.Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EDI-L/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EDI-L/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
