Minggu, 15 April 2012

[MS_AccessPros] Re: Rant - was E-mail on Change

 

In the days when computers do all the maths, schools should cut the time teaching maths and spend the time freed up teaching logic and reasoning.

Now, if anyone says "but computers are just logic so we don't need to teach it either"... think about what a computer does and why it does it, again :-)

And, if this thread is going to start collecting stories of management logic... Yahoo are going to have to increase their storage capacity at least ten fold :-D

--- In MS_Access_Professionals@yahoogroups.com, "Bill Mosca" <wrmosca@...> wrote:
>
> LOL - I love that kind of logic.
>
> Bill
>
> --- In MS_Access_Professionals@yahoogroups.com, "Jeff Jones" <jpjones23@> wrote:
> >
> > This thread reminds me of a "manager" years ago who got upset with me when
> > the requested changes to an existing program included a report reflecting
> > transactions sent to another department. The report had required a third
> > internal sort in the COBOL program and was a pain to create.
> >
> >
> >
> > Her comment was "I don't want a HUMAN to have to look at the report." I
> > said OK and ripped out the third sort and report. Two weeks later she came
> > to me asking how she was supposed to know which transactions had been sent
> > to the other department. My response, "I don't know. The report that no
> > one was supposed to look at provided that information."
> >
> >
> >
> > Apparently my response was OK as she went away and left me alone.
> >
> >
> >
> > Yet another managerial example reflecting the little used "Thought is
> > Required" practice.
> >
> >
> >
> > Jeff
> >
> >
> >
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> >
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> > From: MS_Access_Professionals@yahoogroups.com
> > [mailto:MS_Access_Professionals@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Glenn Lloyd
> > Sent: Friday, April 13, 2012 12:16 PM
> > To: MS_Access_Professionals@yahoogroups.com
> > Subject: RE: [MS_AccessPros] Rant - was E-mail on Change
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Been there, done that, myself. The amazing thing is that usually we do
> > manage to produce what we said we could do despite the subsequent re-think.
> >
> > Isn't there a famous U.S. military quote, "The impossible just takes a
> > little longer."
> >
> > Glenn
> >
> > From: MS_Access_Professionals@yahoogroups.com
> > <mailto:MS_Access_Professionals%40yahoogroups.com>
> > [mailto:MS_Access_Professionals@yahoogroups.com
> > <mailto:MS_Access_Professionals%40yahoogroups.com> ] On Behalf Of Bill Mosca
> > Sent: April-13-12 12:06 PM
> > To: MS_Access_Professionals@yahoogroups.com
> > <mailto:MS_Access_Professionals%40yahoogroups.com>
> > Subject: [MS_AccessPros] Rant - was E-mail on Change
> >
> > Glenn
> >
> > I moved this out of the OP since we've hijacked it.
> >
> > I get requests that make me cringe all the time. I just say, "Of course I
> > can do that!. I can make Access do anything except walk my dog. And if I can
> > figure out how to make it snap on the leash, I'll be able to do that, too."
> >
> > Then I go back to my desk and think "How the blazes am I going to pull this
> > one off?!"
> >
> > Bill
> >
> > --- In MS_Access_Professionals@yahoogroups.com
> > <mailto:MS_Access_Professionals%40yahoogroups.com>
> > <mailto:MS_Access_Professionals%40yahoogroups.com> , "Glenn Lloyd"
> > <argeedblu@> wrote:
> > >
> > > LOL Bill,
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > I have long been aware of how little bosses (and, truth be known) really
> > > understand of the intricacies of other people's work. What appears simple
> > on
> > > the surface frequently turns out to be anything but simple. I often
> > > encounter an unstated assumption that knowing how to use an application is
> > > all a person needs to use the application effectively and efficiently.
> > "The
> > > computer does it all." So I find people with absolutely no math skills
> > > trying to learn to use Excel at their boss's behest. And, of course, all
> > you
> > > need to know to build an efficient database is be proficient at using the
> > > Access interface. Data and requirements analyses?? Why waste time on that
> > > S***. Just use Access to do it all.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Apologies for the rant. I know I am preaching to the choir.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Glenn
> >
> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> >
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