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: <[email protected]> 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: [email protected] > 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: [email protected] > > 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: <[email protected]> > > 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 forums time-consuming, and a pain, and I > have > > > better things to do with my time (like working :-) > > > > > > At the end of the day, all too often I find that the web is a > solution > > > in search of a problem. It's the wrong tool for many jobs, and imho > this > > > is one of those situations. > > > > > > I rest my case with the fact that other people have pointed out - > there > > > ARE fora out there, including those on u2ug. Why are the fora unused > > > while the mailing list carries on regardless? I put it to you - the > > > reason is that most people worth listening to prefer a mailing list. > > > > > > Cheers, > > > Wol > > > -- > > > Anthony W. Youngman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > 'Yings, yow graley yin! Suz ae rikt dheu,' said the blue man, taking > the > > > thimble. 'What *is* he?' said Magrat. 'They're gnomes,' said Nanny. > The > > man > > > lowered the thimble. 'Pictsies!' 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