Re: Consultants who have to work on junk equipment

And ALL DUE RESPECT to you consultants that move around and know your stuff and
share that information...

At another job, I ran into a group a few years back that knew BPCS pretty well
but were basically CLUELESS when it came to the AS/400; but of course they would
not admit that but rather took on the "know-it-alls" approach. For instance "If
you guys are running tight on disk space, remove observability from your
programs". This during the time that RISC was being announced. I convinced the
powers that be that this was NOT the solution but rather disk HOUSE CLEANING was
and if there was still a problem,  more disk ! Saveda HUGE hassle during the 
CISC
to RISC upgrade. The other REAL brain-dead deal was "GRTOBJAUT *ALL *ALL, etc."
to solve their compile and authority problems rather than figuring out the REAL
reasons. Believe it or not, I LOST this argument. Needless to say, any of you 
out
there that know your stuff could have a FIELD day with this system...

Kudos to you folks that do things right !!

Chuck



Kris Vaidyanathan wrote:

> An interesting point there, about not working for more than a few months.
> However on big projects, especially in the current climate where staff are
> in short supply, you're tenure at a site tends to be long, and as I've found
> most of the perm staff accept you as one of their own, even though you may
> earn a tad more than they.
>
> As for knowing more than the permanent staff, that comes with the job. You
> move around as a contractor and you pick up more. Most permanent staff I've
> met accept this and are willing to learn from you, as long as you remember
> that you don't know everything and they can teach you a thing or two. Lets
> not forget, it is by moving around and picking up knowledge that you know a
> bit more.
>
> krisV
>
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