I don't know what's special about me, MAJ. I guess I'm lucky in having a
great group of clients that appreciate what I do for their MV systems
(Uv/Ud/D3/Mcd/GA and native) and am not caught up with internal company
policies.
Not that I have an exclusive on being a good MV person nor a good business
person. I do thank my lucky stars that I've grown my business with my
clients and the solutions I deliver, despite some criticisms from those more
technically as advanced than I.
In fact, I just uncovered a $90,000 billing error for one client whereby
another mv programmer had overlooked a basic premise and I caught it during
a year-end analysis that piqued my curiosity. The client had no idea and
when I showed them the error, my next mission became very clearly defined.
I don't work on commission but $90,000 won't be forgotten for a long time. I
guess when my skills go beyond MV programming and venture into standard
business practices then my value to my clients grow. Nothing says that I
can't be good at both.
Hopefully that helps.
Mark Johnson
- Original Message -
From: "Tom Dodds" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To:
Sent: Monday, December 31, 2007 12:33 PM
Subject: RE: [U2] testing
> That has been my experience, but then I am not MAJ. :-)
>
> Tom Dodds
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 630.235.2975
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jerry Banker
> Sent: Monday, December 31, 2007 10:10 AM
> To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org
> Subject: RE: [U2] testing
>
> We have no discrimination around here, if a site is blocked for one it
> is blocked for all, including the person blocking it. If you came in
> here on a contract you would be treated the same way. Since you would be
> on contract I would be surprised if you had any internet access at all.
>
> Jerry Banker
> Sr Programmer Analyst
> Affiliated Acceptance Corp
> Sunrise Beach, MO
> 1-800-233-8483
> www.affiliated.org
>
> > -Original Message-
> > From: MAJ Programming [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Sent: Monday, December 31, 2007 9:48 AM
> > To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org
> > Subject: Re: [U2] testing
> >
> > Anthony:
> >
> > Then I must not understand what a 'forum' is.
> >
> > I use the Raining Data forum http://forums.rainingdata.com/ all the
> time
> > (some say too much).
> >
> > This page has the RD 'products' (D3 NT, D3 Aix, D3 Linux, MvBase etc)
> neatly
> > illustrated like a table of contents and shows the latest posting.
> >
> > Clicking on a 'product' will give you a listing of the topics within.
> It
> > also shows you the technical announcements and any other top-down
> > information.
> >
> > Within the topics themselves, you can see the different topics with
> the
> > originator, number of views and replies and the time/date of the
> latest
> > reply.
> >
> > This forum is spared a bunch of the static that an email forum offers.
> There
> > are no redundant posts, no comments about trimming extraneous email
> content,
> > no 'Fred is out of the office" problems, etc. The topics may take a
> > non-related tangent but not as pervasive as on the U2 one.
> >
> > By seeing the latest date for each thread, you can quickly see if the
> thread
> > interests you and if the reply is considered 'new'.
> >
> > As one who participates on both, the RD one more organized. Ask TonyG.
> He's
> > quite visible on both as well.
> >
> > While this forum is web-based and an email forum is not, I don't buy
> the
> > argument that employers (clients) prevent internet access by their
> employees
> > as a reason to not participate.
> >
> > Many of my clients have baracuda or other content blocking firewalls
> etc
> > that I simply am not restricted with. I am considered middle to upper
> > management by all of my clients as well as many 'employee' programmers
> > should be. We are not the low man on the office totem pole.
> >
> > I've got some clients that sharpen their pencil more than most that
> allow me
> > full access to the internet despite instituting strong-armed policies
> about
> > employees mis-using the internet on company time. It's a trust thing.
> I'm a
> > huge ebay participant and would not dare be caught doing ANYTHING with
> ebay
> > at a client's site on their dime.
> >
> > My 1 cent
> > Mark Johnson
> > - Original Message -
> > From: "Anthony W. Youngman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To:
> > Sent: Sunday, December 30, 2007 6:33 PM
> > Subject: Re: [U2] testing
> >
> >
> > > In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Bill Haskett
> > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes
> > > >Wol:
> > > >
> > > >I just don't get this attitude. Why is it necessary to pick up our
> toys
> > and go home?
> > > >To say, "if you don't do things my way I'm quitting the team"?
> There are
> > too many
> > > >postings that forswear any solution that doesn't result in a
> complicated
> > mess of
> > > >things.
> > >
> > > I don't use forums. I read this mailing list in my spare time, or
> snatch
> > > moments at work. I find
