January 6, 2016 at 9:40 am
Brandie Tarvin (1/6/2016)
djj (1/5/2016)
SQLBill (1/5/2016)
If I hear of any openings anywhere that allow full work from home, I'll pass them your way.-SQLBill
There all over the internet.:-P And I have this bridge in Brooklyn for sale. 😀
(I'll get my coat and hat)
Actually, my employer is starting to encourage the IT staff to work more from home. There will still be in-office meetings and touchpoints, but that's the direction we're heading.
Considering the cost of office floor-space, furniture, heating, cooling, parking lot maintenance, facility maintenance, and an adequate supply of toilet paper and hand towels, it can be a real big savings if they just make it a permanent thing. It also means a lot fewer "drive by shootings" at work during the day which usually translates to being more productive because of fewer interruptions. Well, unless people get stupid with Email, IM, and phone calls (which they frequently are).
Of course, I'd miss working face to face with people. Many don't understand that face to face stuff is a necessary form of social interaction for many people.
--Jeff Moden
Change is inevitable... Change for the better is not.
January 6, 2016 at 9:43 am
Jeff Moden (1/6/2016)
Brandie Tarvin (1/6/2016)
djj (1/5/2016)
SQLBill (1/5/2016)
If I hear of any openings anywhere that allow full work from home, I'll pass them your way.-SQLBill
There all over the internet.:-P And I have this bridge in Brooklyn for sale. 😀
(I'll get my coat and hat)
Actually, my employer is starting to encourage the IT staff to work more from home. There will still be in-office meetings and touchpoints, but that's the direction we're heading.
Considering the cost of office floor-space, furniture, heating, cooling, parking lot maintenance, facility maintenance, and an adequate supply of toilet paper and hand towels, it can be a real big savings if they just make it a permanent thing. It also means a lot fewer "drive by shootings" at work during the day which usually translates to being more productive because of fewer interruptions. Well, unless people get stupid with Email, IM, and phone calls (which they frequently are).
Of course, I'd miss working face to face with people. Many don't understand that face to face stuff is a necessary form of social interaction for many people.
I'm single, so working home alone all the time would have some negative social implications. Working from home on an occasional basis would be fine.
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January 6, 2016 at 9:46 am
Jeff Moden (1/6/2016)
Alan.B (1/5/2016)
SQLBill (1/5/2016)
Lynn Pettis (1/4/2016)
SQLBill (1/4/2016)
Lynn Pettis (1/4/2016)
SQLBill (1/4/2016)
I stayed up way longer than normal during the holiday break, but I forced myself to get in the bed (and sleep) on my 'normal' time so I'd be back on my schedule.My wife and I did a big move just before Christmas - went from hot Arizona (Chandler - SE of Phoenix) to cold Arizona (Dewey - outside Prescott). A 2-hour drive difference and 20 degree temperature change. So we've spent the holiday break unpacking boxes and trying to get things set up and arranged how we want them. Thank goodness for being able to work from home.
-SQLBill
My daughter is in Prescott, AZ. She attends ERAU.
Very nice. How is she enjoying Prescott? We love the area. Five lakes to kayak on and hike around. Lots of beautiful views and hiking areas. I'm not enjoying the cold weather....but at least snow is very rare and when it does appear it doesn't stay long.
-SQLBill
She's enjoyed it. The climate is similar to Colorado Springs, CO. I should have another daughter coming to the area in the fall, and then one there now will be moving to the East Coast.
If I could find a position working from home I'd consider moving there.
Glad to hear she's enjoying the climate and scenery. That's why we moved up here. Luckily the company I work for allows part time work from home...so my wife and I have a condo near Phoenix so I can stay there a couple days each week when I need to go into the office.
If I hear of any openings anywhere that allow full work from home, I'll pass them your way.
-SQLBill
I'll be in AZ for a week starting next week with the family. We're looking to move to the Phoenix area (Scottsdale, Gilbert, Chandler). I love Chicago but have had enough winter and Midwest scenery to last a lifetime.
Rumor has it that it's so dry in Phoenix that you have to water the artificial flowers. 😛
Phoenix is fine, just remember to walk on the grass in the summer, the shoes get less sticky
😎
January 6, 2016 at 9:49 am
Wow. I rarely have to deal with user issues but I was just on a phone call with one of our own people having an issue with our website. I was very tempted to ask him to power off his computer and return it to the IT department because he isn't qualified to use one. Took nearly 10 minutes to get him to share his desktop through Lync so I could see his screen. Then another two minutes to type the name of our company correctly in the address bar. He misspelled it differently at least 4 ro 5 times. Then he closed the IM window and couldn't understand why I couldn't see his screen anymore. I don't know people deal with users on a regular basis. It makes me want to take my eyeballs and pop them. :w00t:
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January 6, 2016 at 9:53 am
Sean Lange (1/6/2016)
Wow. I rarely have to deal with user issues but I was just on a phone call with one of our own people having an issue with our website. I was very tempted to ask him to power off his computer and return it to the IT department because he isn't qualified to use one. Took nearly 10 minutes to get him to share his desktop through Lync so I could see his screen. Then another two minutes to type the name of our company correctly in the address bar. He misspelled it differently at least 4 ro 5 times. Then he closed the IM window and couldn't understand why I couldn't see his screen anymore. I don't know people deal with users on a regular basis. It makes me want to take my eyeballs and pop them. :w00t:
😀 I feel your pain.
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January 6, 2016 at 9:53 am
Currently working from home two days a week.
"had" to do a full week WFH just before Christmas. I think I went a little bit more crazy from lunchtime on the Thursday!
Jeff, yes some face to face time is needed, as is some I need to put as miles between me and them time!
Rodders...
January 6, 2016 at 9:54 am
Sean Lange (1/6/2016)
Wow. I rarely have to deal with user issues but I was just on a phone call with one of our own people having an issue with our website. I was very tempted to ask him to power off his computer and return it to the IT department because he isn't qualified to use one. Took nearly 10 minutes to get him to share his desktop through Lync so I could see his screen. Then another two minutes to type the name of our company correctly in the address bar. He misspelled it differently at least 4 ro 5 times. Then he closed the IM window and couldn't understand why I couldn't see his screen anymore. I don't know people deal with users on a regular basis. It makes me want to take my eyeballs and pop them. :w00t:
send him an iPad 😛
January 6, 2016 at 9:58 am
Alvin Ramard (1/6/2016)
Jeff Moden (1/6/2016)
Brandie Tarvin (1/6/2016)
djj (1/5/2016)
SQLBill (1/5/2016)
If I hear of any openings anywhere that allow full work from home, I'll pass them your way.-SQLBill
There all over the internet.:-P And I have this bridge in Brooklyn for sale. 😀
(I'll get my coat and hat)
Actually, my employer is starting to encourage the IT staff to work more from home. There will still be in-office meetings and touchpoints, but that's the direction we're heading.
Considering the cost of office floor-space, furniture, heating, cooling, parking lot maintenance, facility maintenance, and an adequate supply of toilet paper and hand towels, it can be a real big savings if they just make it a permanent thing. It also means a lot fewer "drive by shootings" at work during the day which usually translates to being more productive because of fewer interruptions. Well, unless people get stupid with Email, IM, and phone calls (which they frequently are).
Of course, I'd miss working face to face with people. Many don't understand that face to face stuff is a necessary form of social interaction for many people.
I'm single, so working home alone all the time would have some negative social implications. Working from home on an occasional basis would be fine.
I had a 100% home-based (with travel to client sites) role for about 18 months. The extra freedom (which is great!) comes at a cost. You no longer have fixed start and stop times and it's all too easy to work very long hours. After two or three days spent indoors working, you start to feel isolated. For me, a balance – with perhaps one or two days a week in the office – would work best.
The absence of evidence is not evidence of absence
- Martin Rees
The absence of consumable DDL, sample data and desired results is, however, evidence of the absence of my response
- Phil Parkin
January 6, 2016 at 10:05 am
Steve Jones - SSC Editor (1/6/2016)
Sean Lange (1/6/2016)
Wow. I rarely have to deal with user issues but I was just on a phone call with one of our own people having an issue with our website. I was very tempted to ask him to power off his computer and return it to the IT department because he isn't qualified to use one. Took nearly 10 minutes to get him to share his desktop through Lync so I could see his screen. Then another two minutes to type the name of our company correctly in the address bar. He misspelled it differently at least 4 ro 5 times. Then he closed the IM window and couldn't understand why I couldn't see his screen anymore. I don't know people deal with users on a regular basis. It makes me want to take my eyeballs and pop them. :w00t:send him an iPad 😛
Not sure he can find the power button. 🙂
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Cross Tabs and Pivots, Part 2 - Dynamic Cross Tabs - http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Crosstab/65048/
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January 6, 2016 at 10:13 am
Sean Lange (1/6/2016)
Steve Jones - SSC Editor (1/6/2016)
Sean Lange (1/6/2016)
Wow. I rarely have to deal with user issues but I was just on a phone call with one of our own people having an issue with our website. I was very tempted to ask him to power off his computer and return it to the IT department because he isn't qualified to use one. Took nearly 10 minutes to get him to share his desktop through Lync so I could see his screen. Then another two minutes to type the name of our company correctly in the address bar. He misspelled it differently at least 4 ro 5 times. Then he closed the IM window and couldn't understand why I couldn't see his screen anymore. I don't know people deal with users on a regular basis. It makes me want to take my eyeballs and pop them. :w00t:send him an iPad 😛
Not sure he can find the power button. 🙂
Power button should be easy to find. Just look at the bottom right corner of the display. 😀
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January 6, 2016 at 10:13 am
Reminds me of an issue with an application I helped support at a previous employer. For years there was an intermittent problem where when a sales person converted a quote to an order the order would retain the quote number. We would ask the user what they were doing when they got the error, and all we would get is that they were closing a quote as an order.
We were never able to recreate the problem in our test environment.
When we moved from dumb tubes to PCs running a terminal emulator we were able to start capturing users key strokes. Only problem was that users usually waited a week or more before reporting the issue and the logs were already gone.
Finally got a re[port closer to the time the problem occurred and was able to see what they were doing and as a result recreate the problem in our test environment. Turned out the users might enter the command BO (Build Order (or quote)) while in the middle of editing the quote they were going to close as an order. It didn't seem to bother them to reenter manually all the customer information (name, address, etc.) after doing this. Once I discovered the cause of the problem, the first thing I did was send out a mass email instructing users that if the entered BO while editing a quote to immediately enter AO (Abort Order) and start over.
It then took three weeks to find the correct place to put the code to trap the BO while working with an open order or quote. Took that long because the COBOL code we inherited was complete spaghetti code and we didn't have the time or support to rewrite the code properly. Newer modules written in house were written using structured methodologies that allowed for faster and easier maintenance and enhancement. The core code, you wrote to the lowest common denominator.
January 6, 2016 at 10:25 am
Phil Parkin (1/6/2016)
Alvin Ramard (1/6/2016)
Jeff Moden (1/6/2016)
Brandie Tarvin (1/6/2016)
djj (1/5/2016)
SQLBill (1/5/2016)
If I hear of any openings anywhere that allow full work from home, I'll pass them your way.-SQLBill
There all over the internet.:-P And I have this bridge in Brooklyn for sale. 😀
(I'll get my coat and hat)
Actually, my employer is starting to encourage the IT staff to work more from home. There will still be in-office meetings and touchpoints, but that's the direction we're heading.
Considering the cost of office floor-space, furniture, heating, cooling, parking lot maintenance, facility maintenance, and an adequate supply of toilet paper and hand towels, it can be a real big savings if they just make it a permanent thing. It also means a lot fewer "drive by shootings" at work during the day which usually translates to being more productive because of fewer interruptions. Well, unless people get stupid with Email, IM, and phone calls (which they frequently are).
Of course, I'd miss working face to face with people. Many don't understand that face to face stuff is a necessary form of social interaction for many people.
I'm single, so working home alone all the time would have some negative social implications. Working from home on an occasional basis would be fine.
I had a 100% home-based (with travel to client sites) role for about 18 months. The extra freedom (which is great!) comes at a cost. You no longer have fixed start and stop times and it's all too easy to work very long hours. After two or three days spent indoors working, you start to feel isolated. For me, a balance – with perhaps one or two days a week in the office – would work best.
Takes some discipline. My ex worked from home for several years while we were married. She worked 7 hours a day, Monday through Friday. She started work at 6:00 AM and finished at 1:30 or 2:00 PM depending on how long she took for lunch and taking kids to school. If the Denver office called after she finished work, she would take care of those issues the following day, she refused to work the additional time and never caught flak for it either. Of course she got more work done in a 35 hour week than the those in the office working 40 hour weeks, and with less errors and rework.
Of course this was mostly data entry type work. They wanted to make her the trainer for the system, but some in upper manage balked at it because she worked from home and not in an office. The training would have required her to travel to other offices around the country. We only lived about 10 minutes from the airport in Colorado Springs, how convenient is that for travel?
Plus, today with Google Hangouts, and other video conferencing technologies you can still get face time with other team members. We used those frequently from Afghanistan when working with developers and Sys Admins in CONUS to resolve some of the issues we experienced in theater and needed additional help working.
January 6, 2016 at 10:30 am
Sean Lange (1/6/2016)
Wow. I rarely have to deal with user issues but I was just on a phone call with one of our own people having an issue with our website. I was very tempted to ask him to power off his computer and return it to the IT department because he isn't qualified to use one. Took nearly 10 minutes to get him to share his desktop through Lync so I could see his screen. Then another two minutes to type the name of our company correctly in the address bar. He misspelled it differently at least 4 ro 5 times. Then he closed the IM window and couldn't understand why I couldn't see his screen anymore. I don't know people deal with users on a regular basis. It makes me want to take my eyeballs and pop them. :w00t:
Color me less surprised than I should be. Screens can be shared via Lync?
Well there's another tool I want to put into permanent OFF status. I don't want anyone seeing what I do. Especially tech people. They might accuse me of being a DBA-fraud. @=)
January 6, 2016 at 10:55 am
Brandie Tarvin (1/6/2016)
Sean Lange (1/6/2016)
Wow. I rarely have to deal with user issues but I was just on a phone call with one of our own people having an issue with our website. I was very tempted to ask him to power off his computer and return it to the IT department because he isn't qualified to use one. Took nearly 10 minutes to get him to share his desktop through Lync so I could see his screen. Then another two minutes to type the name of our company correctly in the address bar. He misspelled it differently at least 4 ro 5 times. Then he closed the IM window and couldn't understand why I couldn't see his screen anymore. I don't know people deal with users on a regular basis. It makes me want to take my eyeballs and pop them. :w00t:Screens can be shared via Lync?
That was my first reaction. We're supposed to be getting it soon. I've heard good things about it, but have never used it.
January 6, 2016 at 10:55 am
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K. Thanks. Something's wrong. Nothing in my spam locker, either.It's happened off and on.
Sometimes tweaking your subscriptions (delete on and re-add it) helps.
K. Thanks. I have roughly 35,000 posts I'm subscribed to over the last 10 years. Any idea how to quickly find the subscription for this thread?
Did you get this figured out? I have been away for a bit 😉
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