Re: OCL Documentation (Jeff Crosby)

Jeff

I know what you mean. I started writing an "ERP" package 30 years ago (on
a S34) and have been enhancing and maintaining it ever since. It's a joy
to see it in action every day. The user interface is old to say the least,
but the back end business functions have so far been irreplacable. Nothing
we have looked at can do so much with so few people to keep it going - both
IT staff and user staff. Other people have taken over much of the -new-
stuff, but the backend just keeps working and keeps getting better. Year
after year we solve whatever the biggest time wasters or new business
reqirements are. The same staff size handles about 10 times the work it
did 20 years ago. With a little luck and good decisions, it could still
last a long time. It's fun to take long term pride in what you do and
users appreciate it when they know you are working to make life better for
them.

Jim Horn

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message: 5
date: Thu, 20 May 2010 11:01:49 -0400
from: Jeff Crosby <jlcrosby@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
subject: Re: OCL Documentation

I think what keeps me in IT is the business, not IT in and of itself. I
have never been the type that gets excited about every new thing in IT that
comes along. If I see a use for it in OUR company, then I can get excited.

To create something in IT just for the sake of saying "yea, I can do that"
doesn't appeal. But the most mundane thing (from an IT perspective) can
really get me going if it solves an issue for someone in the company or the
company in general. To use RDi simply because it's 'modern' or
'cool-looking'? No. To use it because I can produce better code, and
faster? Yes. But even then, it's because I can solve things for others
more quickly.

Does that resonate with anyone?

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