What Are You Doing Right Now
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@wirestyle22 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@wirestyle22 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@RojoLoco said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@thanksajdotcom said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
Cup of broccoli cheddar soup, a Redd's, and some french fries.
That's a good workday lunch right there.
They say being slightly inebriated is actually what brings people to their peak performance levels. Wish my company would adopt that.
I certainly support this theory.
Everyone has told me not to try to keep up with you so obviously whenever we meet I'm going to try. It's been nice knowing you ML
This is fact...there are two rules:
- Don't try to keep up with @scottalanmiller with drinking. Don't even try to come close...
- Don't try to keep up with me for sleep. I'm not entirely human and I can run on less sleep for longer periods of time than almost anyone...
If you break either rule, especially both, you will get hurt, and probably die...
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@thanksajdotcom said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@wirestyle22 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@wirestyle22 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@RojoLoco said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@thanksajdotcom said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
Cup of broccoli cheddar soup, a Redd's, and some french fries.
That's a good workday lunch right there.
They say being slightly inebriated is actually what brings people to their peak performance levels. Wish my company would adopt that.
I certainly support this theory.
Everyone has told me not to try to keep up with you so obviously whenever we meet I'm going to try. It's been nice knowing you ML
This is fact...there are two rules:
- Don't try to keep up with @scottalanmiller with drinking. Don't even try to come close...
- Don't try to keep up with me for sleep. I'm not entirely human and I can run on less sleep for longer periods of time than almost anyone...
If you break either rule, especially both, you will get hurt, and probably die...
That's why I'm saying goodbye now ^_^
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@thwr said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@thanksajdotcom said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
Talking to people in India who are telling me it's against policy to give me access to systems that I am required to use in order to do my job...FML
They are just doing their job... exactly the way they have been instructed to do it. Word by word.
Not saying it's the same with all the people from India (that would be stupid, there are > 1 billion people), but I've heard a story once where an Indian company was tasked to build a small website. "There shall be links on the left side in a menu". They did just that: Putting the word "links" multiple times there.
I love getting told to send emails and open tickets when we've done this, MANY times, and we constantly just get ignored...
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@thanksajdotcom said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@thwr said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@thanksajdotcom said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
Talking to people in India who are telling me it's against policy to give me access to systems that I am required to use in order to do my job...FML
They are just doing their job... exactly the way they have been instructed to do it. Word by word.
Not saying it's the same with all the people from India (that would be stupid, there are > 1 billion people), but I've heard a story once where an Indian company was tasked to build a small website. "There shall be links on the left side in a menu". They did just that: Putting the word "links" multiple times there.
I love getting told to send emails and open tickets when we've done this, MANY times, and we constantly just get ignored...
Maybe you missed to add some keywords like "inquiry", "invoice" or "order"
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@thwr said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@thanksajdotcom said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@thwr said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@thanksajdotcom said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
Talking to people in India who are telling me it's against policy to give me access to systems that I am required to use in order to do my job...FML
They are just doing their job... exactly the way they have been instructed to do it. Word by word.
Not saying it's the same with all the people from India (that would be stupid, there are > 1 billion people), but I've heard a story once where an Indian company was tasked to build a small website. "There shall be links on the left side in a menu". They did just that: Putting the word "links" multiple times there.
I love getting told to send emails and open tickets when we've done this, MANY times, and we constantly just get ignored...
Maybe you missed to add some keywords like "inquiry", "invoice" or "order"
Or words like "DO YOUR F***ING JOB ***HOLES!" Well, maybe not...
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Did some ugly hacking today. Recompiled some old executable to a shared lib including some exposure of functions. Next, added a function to that lib to allow it to retrieve a delegate (function pointer). Added another function to act as kind of a callback event. Added that lib to a C# project (Mono) via P/Invoke dynamic loading, called that first function within the lib with a pointer to a function in C# and now I can get a callback when the lib is done with processing. Ugly, scary, dirty, but it works.
Now I would love to see someone doing this in Java. JNI? pfffft.
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@thanksajdotcom said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@thwr said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@thanksajdotcom said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@thwr said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@thanksajdotcom said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
Talking to people in India who are telling me it's against policy to give me access to systems that I am required to use in order to do my job...FML
They are just doing their job... exactly the way they have been instructed to do it. Word by word.
Not saying it's the same with all the people from India (that would be stupid, there are > 1 billion people), but I've heard a story once where an Indian company was tasked to build a small website. "There shall be links on the left side in a menu". They did just that: Putting the word "links" multiple times there.
I love getting told to send emails and open tickets when we've done this, MANY times, and we constantly just get ignored...
Maybe you missed to add some keywords like "inquiry", "invoice" or "order"
Or words like "DO YOUR F***ING JOB ***HOLES!" Well, maybe not...
Everyone could say that to you too though. I try to give people the patience I want. Granted I'm human and I'm depleted of resources sometimes.
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Chocolatey looks fantastic btw. Can't wait to start using it.
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@wirestyle22 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@thanksajdotcom said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@thwr said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@thanksajdotcom said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@thwr said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@thanksajdotcom said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
Talking to people in India who are telling me it's against policy to give me access to systems that I am required to use in order to do my job...FML
They are just doing their job... exactly the way they have been instructed to do it. Word by word.
Not saying it's the same with all the people from India (that would be stupid, there are > 1 billion people), but I've heard a story once where an Indian company was tasked to build a small website. "There shall be links on the left side in a menu". They did just that: Putting the word "links" multiple times there.
I love getting told to send emails and open tickets when we've done this, MANY times, and we constantly just get ignored...
Maybe you missed to add some keywords like "inquiry", "invoice" or "order"
Or words like "DO YOUR F***ING JOB ***HOLES!" Well, maybe not...
Everyone could say that to you too though. I try to give people the patience I want. Granted I'm human and I'm depleted of resources sometimes.
It just gets frustrating being told to send emails and open tickets, when we've done that multiple times, had them closed without follow-up or just blatantly ignored, and we ask again, because there are only a few things we do here onsite, and I'm missing access to one of the most key systems I need, as well as the system I use most often...and if my coworker isn't here when I need that done, it doesn't get done right now. Including an AD password reset...lovely right?
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@thanksajdotcom said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@thwr said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@thanksajdotcom said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@thwr said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@thanksajdotcom said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
Talking to people in India who are telling me it's against policy to give me access to systems that I am required to use in order to do my job...FML
They are just doing their job... exactly the way they have been instructed to do it. Word by word.
Not saying it's the same with all the people from India (that would be stupid, there are > 1 billion people), but I've heard a story once where an Indian company was tasked to build a small website. "There shall be links on the left side in a menu". They did just that: Putting the word "links" multiple times there.
I love getting told to send emails and open tickets when we've done this, MANY times, and we constantly just get ignored...
Maybe you missed to add some keywords like "inquiry", "invoice" or "order"
Or words like "DO YOUR F***ING JOB ***HOLES!" Well, maybe not...
Don't you mean "PLEASE KINDLY DO THE MAFACKIN' NEEDFUL, B*TCHES!!!!
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@thwr said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
Did some ugly hacking today. Recompiled some old executable to a shared lib including some exposure of functions. Next, added a function to that lib to allow it to retrieve a delegate (function pointer). Added another function to act as kind of a callback event. Added that lib to a C# project (Mono) via P/Invoke dynamic loading, called that first function within the lib with a pointer to a function in C# and now I can get a callback when the lib is done with processing. Ugly, scary, dirty, but it works.
Now I would love to see someone doing this in Java. JNI? pfffft.
http://www.toodarkpark.org/computers/humor/shoot-self-in-foot.html
C#
You shoot yourself in the foot, but first have to switch to unsafe mode.
You forget precisely how to use the .NET interface and shoot yourself in the foot. You sue Microsoft for damages.Java
You write a program to shoot yourself in the foot and put it on the Internet. People all over the world shoot themselves in the foot, and everyone leaves your website hobbling and cursing.
You amputate your foot at the ankle with a fourteen-pound hacksaw, but you can do it on any platform.Can't add anything to this.
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@thanksajdotcom said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@wirestyle22 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@thanksajdotcom said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@thwr said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@thanksajdotcom said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@thwr said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@thanksajdotcom said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
Talking to people in India who are telling me it's against policy to give me access to systems that I am required to use in order to do my job...FML
They are just doing their job... exactly the way they have been instructed to do it. Word by word.
Not saying it's the same with all the people from India (that would be stupid, there are > 1 billion people), but I've heard a story once where an Indian company was tasked to build a small website. "There shall be links on the left side in a menu". They did just that: Putting the word "links" multiple times there.
I love getting told to send emails and open tickets when we've done this, MANY times, and we constantly just get ignored...
Maybe you missed to add some keywords like "inquiry", "invoice" or "order"
Or words like "DO YOUR F***ING JOB ***HOLES!" Well, maybe not...
Everyone could say that to you too though. I try to give people the patience I want. Granted I'm human and I'm depleted of resources sometimes.
It just gets frustrating being told to send emails and open tickets, when we've done that multiple times, had them closed without follow-up or just blatantly ignored, and we ask again, because there are only a few things we do here onsite, and I'm missing access to one of the most key systems I need, as well as the system I use most often...and if my coworker isn't here when I need that done, it doesn't get done right now. Including an AD password reset...lovely right?
@scottalanmiller , to answer your question, my boss, the head of IT for the Americas, just responded to the email I CC'ed him on requesting access to systems I should have had access to since day 1, saying that the team needs to get this done ASAP.
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@thanksajdotcom said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@wirestyle22 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@thanksajdotcom said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@thwr said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@thanksajdotcom said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@thwr said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@thanksajdotcom said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
Talking to people in India who are telling me it's against policy to give me access to systems that I am required to use in order to do my job...FML
They are just doing their job... exactly the way they have been instructed to do it. Word by word.
Not saying it's the same with all the people from India (that would be stupid, there are > 1 billion people), but I've heard a story once where an Indian company was tasked to build a small website. "There shall be links on the left side in a menu". They did just that: Putting the word "links" multiple times there.
I love getting told to send emails and open tickets when we've done this, MANY times, and we constantly just get ignored...
Maybe you missed to add some keywords like "inquiry", "invoice" or "order"
Or words like "DO YOUR F***ING JOB ***HOLES!" Well, maybe not...
Everyone could say that to you too though. I try to give people the patience I want. Granted I'm human and I'm depleted of resources sometimes.
It just gets frustrating being told to send emails and open tickets, when we've done that multiple times, had them closed without follow-up or just blatantly ignored, and we ask again, because there are only a few things we do here onsite, and I'm missing access to one of the most key systems I need, as well as the system I use most often...and if my coworker isn't here when I need that done, it doesn't get done right now. Including an AD password reset...lovely right?
I get it man. Believe me. The owner of my company literally does not want to hear a single excuse and I think it's very much to my benefit. I didn't realize how many excuses I made before I started working here. I don't blame anymore anymore and I take everything upon myself. If something happens outside of my control I just accept responsibility and he respects me for it. I actually think @JaredBusch is very similar to my current boss. I think I'm going to grow a lot professionally but also as a person working here.
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@wirestyle22 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
Chocolatey looks fantastic btw. Can't wait to start using it.
Great tool, been using it for years. I love it.
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@wirestyle22 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@thanksajdotcom said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@wirestyle22 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@thanksajdotcom said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@thwr said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@thanksajdotcom said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@thwr said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@thanksajdotcom said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
Talking to people in India who are telling me it's against policy to give me access to systems that I am required to use in order to do my job...FML
They are just doing their job... exactly the way they have been instructed to do it. Word by word.
Not saying it's the same with all the people from India (that would be stupid, there are > 1 billion people), but I've heard a story once where an Indian company was tasked to build a small website. "There shall be links on the left side in a menu". They did just that: Putting the word "links" multiple times there.
I love getting told to send emails and open tickets when we've done this, MANY times, and we constantly just get ignored...
Maybe you missed to add some keywords like "inquiry", "invoice" or "order"
Or words like "DO YOUR F***ING JOB ***HOLES!" Well, maybe not...
Everyone could say that to you too though. I try to give people the patience I want. Granted I'm human and I'm depleted of resources sometimes.
It just gets frustrating being told to send emails and open tickets, when we've done that multiple times, had them closed without follow-up or just blatantly ignored, and we ask again, because there are only a few things we do here onsite, and I'm missing access to one of the most key systems I need, as well as the system I use most often...and if my coworker isn't here when I need that done, it doesn't get done right now. Including an AD password reset...lovely right?
I get it man. Believe me. The owner of my company literally does not want to hear a single excuse and I think it's very much to my benefit. I didn't realize how many excuses I made before I started working here. I don't blame anymore anymore and I take everything upon myself. If something happens outside of my control I just accept responsibility and he respects me for it. I actually think @JaredBusch is very similar to my current boss. I think I'm going to grow a lot professionally but also as a person working here.
I'm learning a healthy amount of apathy working here. Basically, if they won't give me what I need to do my job, and I've done my due diligence and made sure I have my own CYA in place, I'm not stressing about it. It still gets frustrating working with people who wouldn't qualify to work retail tech jobs...
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@thanksajdotcom said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@wirestyle22 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@thanksajdotcom said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@thwr said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@thanksajdotcom said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@thwr said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@thanksajdotcom said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
Talking to people in India who are telling me it's against policy to give me access to systems that I am required to use in order to do my job...FML
They are just doing their job... exactly the way they have been instructed to do it. Word by word.
Not saying it's the same with all the people from India (that would be stupid, there are > 1 billion people), but I've heard a story once where an Indian company was tasked to build a small website. "There shall be links on the left side in a menu". They did just that: Putting the word "links" multiple times there.
I love getting told to send emails and open tickets when we've done this, MANY times, and we constantly just get ignored...
Maybe you missed to add some keywords like "inquiry", "invoice" or "order"
Or words like "DO YOUR F***ING JOB ***HOLES!" Well, maybe not...
Everyone could say that to you too though. I try to give people the patience I want. Granted I'm human and I'm depleted of resources sometimes.
It just gets frustrating being told to send emails and open tickets, when we've done that multiple times, had them closed without follow-up or just blatantly ignored, and we ask again, because there are only a few things we do here onsite, and I'm missing access to one of the most key systems I need, as well as the system I use most often...and if my coworker isn't here when I need that done, it doesn't get done right now. Including an AD password reset...lovely right?
Remember, you are paid by the hour. I've had major jobs that took three months even to give me access to sign into the desktop. You are paid whether you sit idle or are super busy. Don't let frustration come into the picture. Follow your procedure and if you don't get access, spend the time on ML or learning a new skill instead.
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@thanksajdotcom said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@wirestyle22 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@thanksajdotcom said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@wirestyle22 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@thanksajdotcom said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@thwr said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@thanksajdotcom said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@thwr said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@thanksajdotcom said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
Talking to people in India who are telling me it's against policy to give me access to systems that I am required to use in order to do my job...FML
They are just doing their job... exactly the way they have been instructed to do it. Word by word.
Not saying it's the same with all the people from India (that would be stupid, there are > 1 billion people), but I've heard a story once where an Indian company was tasked to build a small website. "There shall be links on the left side in a menu". They did just that: Putting the word "links" multiple times there.
I love getting told to send emails and open tickets when we've done this, MANY times, and we constantly just get ignored...
Maybe you missed to add some keywords like "inquiry", "invoice" or "order"
Or words like "DO YOUR F***ING JOB ***HOLES!" Well, maybe not...
Everyone could say that to you too though. I try to give people the patience I want. Granted I'm human and I'm depleted of resources sometimes.
It just gets frustrating being told to send emails and open tickets, when we've done that multiple times, had them closed without follow-up or just blatantly ignored, and we ask again, because there are only a few things we do here onsite, and I'm missing access to one of the most key systems I need, as well as the system I use most often...and if my coworker isn't here when I need that done, it doesn't get done right now. Including an AD password reset...lovely right?
I get it man. Believe me. The owner of my company literally does not want to hear a single excuse and I think it's very much to my benefit. I didn't realize how many excuses I made before I started working here. I don't blame anymore anymore and I take everything upon myself. If something happens outside of my control I just accept responsibility and he respects me for it. I actually think @JaredBusch is very similar to my current boss. I think I'm going to grow a lot professionally but also as a person working here.
I'm learning a healthy amount of apathy working here. Basically, if they won't give me what I need to do my job, and I've done my due diligence and made sure I have my own CYA in place, I'm not stressing about it. It still gets frustrating working with people who wouldn't qualify to work retail tech jobs...
Yup, remember... NOT getting access is part of your job is that is what policy dictates.
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@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@thanksajdotcom said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@wirestyle22 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@thanksajdotcom said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@wirestyle22 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@thanksajdotcom said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@thwr said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@thanksajdotcom said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@thwr said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@thanksajdotcom said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
Talking to people in India who are telling me it's against policy to give me access to systems that I am required to use in order to do my job...FML
They are just doing their job... exactly the way they have been instructed to do it. Word by word.
Not saying it's the same with all the people from India (that would be stupid, there are > 1 billion people), but I've heard a story once where an Indian company was tasked to build a small website. "There shall be links on the left side in a menu". They did just that: Putting the word "links" multiple times there.
I love getting told to send emails and open tickets when we've done this, MANY times, and we constantly just get ignored...
Maybe you missed to add some keywords like "inquiry", "invoice" or "order"
Or words like "DO YOUR F***ING JOB ***HOLES!" Well, maybe not...
Everyone could say that to you too though. I try to give people the patience I want. Granted I'm human and I'm depleted of resources sometimes.
It just gets frustrating being told to send emails and open tickets, when we've done that multiple times, had them closed without follow-up or just blatantly ignored, and we ask again, because there are only a few things we do here onsite, and I'm missing access to one of the most key systems I need, as well as the system I use most often...and if my coworker isn't here when I need that done, it doesn't get done right now. Including an AD password reset...lovely right?
I get it man. Believe me. The owner of my company literally does not want to hear a single excuse and I think it's very much to my benefit. I didn't realize how many excuses I made before I started working here. I don't blame anymore anymore and I take everything upon myself. If something happens outside of my control I just accept responsibility and he respects me for it. I actually think @JaredBusch is very similar to my current boss. I think I'm going to grow a lot professionally but also as a person working here.
I'm learning a healthy amount of apathy working here. Basically, if they won't give me what I need to do my job, and I've done my due diligence and made sure I have my own CYA in place, I'm not stressing about it. It still gets frustrating working with people who wouldn't qualify to work retail tech jobs...
Yup, remember... NOT getting access is part of your job is that is what policy dictates.
It's not policy. It's just incompetent people not doing their job. But you're right. Not my circus, not my monkeys. If I can't do my job because I haven't been given the ability to by people above me, and I've made sure to do my due diligence, I'm covered and it's on them, not me.
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@thanksajdotcom said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@thanksajdotcom said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@wirestyle22 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@thanksajdotcom said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@wirestyle22 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@thanksajdotcom said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@thwr said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@thanksajdotcom said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@thwr said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@thanksajdotcom said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
Talking to people in India who are telling me it's against policy to give me access to systems that I am required to use in order to do my job...FML
They are just doing their job... exactly the way they have been instructed to do it. Word by word.
Not saying it's the same with all the people from India (that would be stupid, there are > 1 billion people), but I've heard a story once where an Indian company was tasked to build a small website. "There shall be links on the left side in a menu". They did just that: Putting the word "links" multiple times there.
I love getting told to send emails and open tickets when we've done this, MANY times, and we constantly just get ignored...
Maybe you missed to add some keywords like "inquiry", "invoice" or "order"
Or words like "DO YOUR F***ING JOB ***HOLES!" Well, maybe not...
Everyone could say that to you too though. I try to give people the patience I want. Granted I'm human and I'm depleted of resources sometimes.
It just gets frustrating being told to send emails and open tickets, when we've done that multiple times, had them closed without follow-up or just blatantly ignored, and we ask again, because there are only a few things we do here onsite, and I'm missing access to one of the most key systems I need, as well as the system I use most often...and if my coworker isn't here when I need that done, it doesn't get done right now. Including an AD password reset...lovely right?
I get it man. Believe me. The owner of my company literally does not want to hear a single excuse and I think it's very much to my benefit. I didn't realize how many excuses I made before I started working here. I don't blame anymore anymore and I take everything upon myself. If something happens outside of my control I just accept responsibility and he respects me for it. I actually think @JaredBusch is very similar to my current boss. I think I'm going to grow a lot professionally but also as a person working here.
I'm learning a healthy amount of apathy working here. Basically, if they won't give me what I need to do my job, and I've done my due diligence and made sure I have my own CYA in place, I'm not stressing about it. It still gets frustrating working with people who wouldn't qualify to work retail tech jobs...
Yup, remember... NOT getting access is part of your job is that is what policy dictates.
It's not policy. It's just incompetent people not doing their job. But you're right. Not my circus, not my monkeys. If I can't do my job because I haven't been given the ability to by people above me, and I've made sure to do my due diligence, I'm covered and it's on them, not me.
Yup, pass on the fact that you are blocked, make sure you are not hiding it. Don't complain, don't act like something is wrong... just make sure you aren't the blocking point and enjoy the time off.
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@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@thanksajdotcom said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@thanksajdotcom said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@wirestyle22 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@thanksajdotcom said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@wirestyle22 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@thanksajdotcom said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@thwr said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@thanksajdotcom said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@thwr said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@thanksajdotcom said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
Talking to people in India who are telling me it's against policy to give me access to systems that I am required to use in order to do my job...FML
They are just doing their job... exactly the way they have been instructed to do it. Word by word.
Not saying it's the same with all the people from India (that would be stupid, there are > 1 billion people), but I've heard a story once where an Indian company was tasked to build a small website. "There shall be links on the left side in a menu". They did just that: Putting the word "links" multiple times there.
I love getting told to send emails and open tickets when we've done this, MANY times, and we constantly just get ignored...
Maybe you missed to add some keywords like "inquiry", "invoice" or "order"
Or words like "DO YOUR F***ING JOB ***HOLES!" Well, maybe not...
Everyone could say that to you too though. I try to give people the patience I want. Granted I'm human and I'm depleted of resources sometimes.
It just gets frustrating being told to send emails and open tickets, when we've done that multiple times, had them closed without follow-up or just blatantly ignored, and we ask again, because there are only a few things we do here onsite, and I'm missing access to one of the most key systems I need, as well as the system I use most often...and if my coworker isn't here when I need that done, it doesn't get done right now. Including an AD password reset...lovely right?
I get it man. Believe me. The owner of my company literally does not want to hear a single excuse and I think it's very much to my benefit. I didn't realize how many excuses I made before I started working here. I don't blame anymore anymore and I take everything upon myself. If something happens outside of my control I just accept responsibility and he respects me for it. I actually think @JaredBusch is very similar to my current boss. I think I'm going to grow a lot professionally but also as a person working here.
I'm learning a healthy amount of apathy working here. Basically, if they won't give me what I need to do my job, and I've done my due diligence and made sure I have my own CYA in place, I'm not stressing about it. It still gets frustrating working with people who wouldn't qualify to work retail tech jobs...
Yup, remember... NOT getting access is part of your job is that is what policy dictates.
It's not policy. It's just incompetent people not doing their job. But you're right. Not my circus, not my monkeys. If I can't do my job because I haven't been given the ability to by people above me, and I've made sure to do my due diligence, I'm covered and it's on them, not me.
Yup, pass on the fact that you are blocked, make sure you are not hiding it. Don't complain, don't act like something is wrong... just make sure you aren't the blocking point and enjoy the time off.
I try but it's frustrating wanting to help people and not being able to. Also, if I am unable to do it, and my coworker has gone for the day, he will most likely have to come back to the office after he's already left for the day, meaning he'll be put into overtime, and have to leave his young daughter to come 20 minutes back to the office to unlock an AD account. The cost, financially, and in a ding to moral, could be staggering for this one system not allowing me access.
