I've been in this situation doing volunteer work, and I tell you, it's a thousand times worse when you actually care about the *clients*, but can't get past stupid agency that's supposed to be serving them. When its time to start doing prozac or quit the job, quit the job.
If you're really that valuable to the company, negotiate with the management over how to run the company. If they won't change, you can't overcome that. If they offer you a raise if you'll just "shut up and work", bail. If they reform enough to have some prospects of success, you can pursue a labor of love if it seems worthwhile. Otherwise it's not going to be worthwhile.
Maybe this is just a cheap quip, but it seems like the "Documentation" should server as the 'Framework' For Quality Assurance.
Commenting the source code just explains how s/w *should* work -- the documentation should explain how it does(n't:-) work.
Currently, marketing seems to write the specs and documentation, then programmers write the code, then QA verifies that the program works according to the documentation. Put off the documentation until QA -- have them write it.
Alpha testing would be the coders, Beta testing would be the QA and documentation effort. Then release it for Gamma testing to get the bugs out of the documentation!!!
I do low level tech support, and I agree completely. Leave Windows for the dummies -- we don't have to kill MicroSoft to survive ourselves, and trying to deal with the most abject newbies is more trouble than it's worth.
Do we really need to write drivers for $50 "WinModems" or $200 "WinPrinters"? Some things just aren't worth doing.
HI -- Thanks for doing this -- I've been using Hotmail from FreeNet computers since before it was owned by Microsoft -- I really appreciated it then, and I'm sure others do now. Kirk B.
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my hotmail account got an add from my mailcity account titled "Win an ABIA" -- Spams so bad, I guess I can't even trust myself these days.... Anyways, here's the header from the hotmail message, showing originated at everyone.com and sent via mailcity with my name as the "sender".... From: batmans_byte@mailcity.com Save Address Block Sender Subject: Win an Aibo Date: Sat, 18 Dec 99 8:6:56 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: from [216.200.145.35] by hotmail.com (3.2) with ESMTP id MHotMailBA24FC900008D82197A1D8C89123D1AF0; Sat Dec 18 08:08:48 1999 Received: from eon9.everyone.net (reports.everyone.net [216.200.145.62])by omta02.mta.everyone.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id AC3071C27F1for ; Sat, 18 Dec 1999 08:08:27 -0800 (PST) Received: by eon9.everyone.net (Postfix, from userid 99)id 53EEF3EC6; Sat, 18 Dec 1999 08:06:56 -0800 (PST) From batmans_byte@mailcity.com Sat Dec 18 08:14:34 1999 X-Mailer: MIME-tools 4.104 (Entity 4.116) Message-Id:
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JF, My guess is that you're wrong on this one.... My guess it that this is a combo spam/virus technique, where the e-mail looks like it's coming from a trusted friend, but the actual message is an ad for the ABIA and the web site.... I've got two email addresses, I'l test it and see.
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I've been in this situation doing volunteer work, and I tell you, it's a thousand times worse when you actually care about the *clients*, but can't get past stupid agency that's supposed to be serving them. When its time to start doing prozac or quit the job, quit the job. If you're really that valuable to the company, negotiate with the management over how to run the company. If they won't change, you can't overcome that. If they offer you a raise if you'll just "shut up and work", bail. If they reform enough to have some prospects of success, you can pursue a labor of love if it seems worthwhile. Otherwise it's not going to be worthwhile.
Virtual pictures of actual objects ... can I have dibs on the patent for actual pictures of virtual objects?
Commenting the source code just explains how s/w *should* work -- the documentation should explain how it does(n't:-) work.
Currently, marketing seems to write the specs and documentation, then programmers write the code, then QA verifies that the program works according to the documentation. Put off the documentation until QA -- have them write it.
Alpha testing would be the coders, Beta testing would be the QA and documentation effort. Then release it for Gamma testing to get the bugs out of the documentation!!!
You bring the beer, we've already got the nuts!!!
They can forcibly remove homeless for no other apparent reason than obvious homelessness, at least in Texas. And they do.
thanks for the tip ...
This isn't "insightful", it's "conventional (slashdot) wisdom"!
Linux is worth the trouble it takes to learn, too!
Do we really need to write drivers for $50 "WinModems" or $200 "WinPrinters"? Some things just aren't worth doing.
Please monitor this for us. Thanks, bkbk
HI -- Thanks for doing this -- I've been using Hotmail from FreeNet computers since before it was owned by Microsoft -- I really appreciated it then, and I'm sure others do now. Kirk B.
my hotmail account got an add from my mailcity account titled "Win an ABIA" -- Spams so bad, I guess I can't even trust myself these days.... Anyways, here's the header from the hotmail message, showing originated at everyone.com and sent via mailcity with my name as the "sender". ... From: batmans_byte@mailcity.com Save Address Block Sender Subject: Win an Aibo Date: Sat, 18 Dec 99 8:6:56 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: from [216.200.145.35] by hotmail.com (3.2) with ESMTP id MHotMailBA24FC900008D82197A1D8C89123D1AF0; Sat Dec 18 08:08:48 1999 Received: from eon9.everyone.net (reports.everyone.net [216.200.145.62])by omta02.mta.everyone.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id AC3071C27F1for ; Sat, 18 Dec 1999 08:08:27 -0800 (PST) Received: by eon9.everyone.net (Postfix, from userid 99)id 53EEF3EC6; Sat, 18 Dec 1999 08:06:56 -0800 (PST) From batmans_byte@mailcity.com Sat Dec 18 08:14:34 1999 X-Mailer: MIME-tools 4.104 (Entity 4.116) Message-Id:
JF, My guess is that you're wrong on this one. ... My guess it that this is a combo spam/virus technique, where the e-mail looks like it's coming from a trusted friend, but the actual message is an ad for the ABIA and the web site.... I've got two email addresses, I'l test it and see.
Austin, TX. Hot, dry, 75-90% of the time. Locals can forcast that with 75 - 90% accuracy. Houston, TX. Hot, Humid, 90% of the time. Duh.