January 11, 2012 at 1:30 pm
Evil Kraig F (1/11/2012)
To toss in an "It Depends"......you have to keep the time to solution in perspective. .... There's a balance though. Sometimes I'll take a problem home with me and work it in my own time, trying to get down to the nuts and bolts after slapping the band-aids on at work. .
If I have to take a problem home and spend my own personal time on it (which I have done in the past myself) to offset the time spent at work to figure it out, I don't really call that a "balance". I call that an "offset", because to solve the issue I am working on my own dime for free for the company to figure it out. Not to say that there is anything wrong with that per-say. It's a individual choice, and I know many people who have done it. I just don't happen to think that is a "balance" though. 😀
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January 11, 2012 at 1:47 pm
TravisDBA (1/11/2012)
Evil Kraig F (1/11/2012)
To toss in an "It Depends"......you have to keep the time to solution in perspective. .... There's a balance though. Sometimes I'll take a problem home with me and work it in my own time, trying to get down to the nuts and bolts after slapping the band-aids on at work. .
If I have to take a problem home and spend my own personal time on it (which I have done in the past myself) to offset the time spent at work to figure it out, I don't really call that a "balance". I call that an "offset", because to solve the issue I am working on my own dime for free for the company to figure it out. Not to say that there is anything wrong with that per-say. It's a individual choice, and I know many people who have done it. I just don't happen to think that is a "balance" though. 😀
Apparently I was unclear. As far as the company is concerned, it's finished, we're moving on. *I* want to know, to heck with them. Their servers just happen to be where the problem is best defined.
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January 11, 2012 at 3:02 pm
And what if, despite what your rational mind says, you can't even leave the problem alone when you're asleep?
Yes, it happens to me sometimes. I once wrote a blog-post on the subject 'I could do it in my sleep' ( http://www.simple-talk.com/community/blogs/philfactor/archive/2006/02/23/Somnia.aspx )
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January 11, 2012 at 3:27 pm
Phil Factor (1/11/2012)
And what if, despite what your rational mind says, you can't even leave the problem alone when you're asleep?Yes, it happens to me sometimes. I once wrote a blog-post on the subject 'I could do it in my sleep' ( http://www.simple-talk.com/community/blogs/philfactor/archive/2006/02/23/Somnia.aspx )
Drink more. Kamakaze's made with Belvedere are a personal preference. 😛
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January 11, 2012 at 3:33 pm
Evil Kraig F (1/11/2012)
Phil Factor (1/11/2012)
And what if, despite what your rational mind says, you can't even leave the problem alone when you're asleep?Yes, it happens to me sometimes. I once wrote a blog-post on the subject 'I could do it in my sleep' ( http://www.simple-talk.com/community/blogs/philfactor/archive/2006/02/23/Somnia.aspx )
Drink more. Kamakaze's made with Belvedere are a personal preference. 😛
What a great idea! I have to try that, just to be on the safe side tonight. 😉
January 12, 2012 at 8:27 am
Evil Kraig F (1/11/2012)
Phil Factor (1/11/2012)
And what if, despite what your rational mind says, you can't even leave the problem alone when you're asleep?Yes, it happens to me sometimes. I once wrote a blog-post on the subject 'I could do it in my sleep' ( http://www.simple-talk.com/community/blogs/philfactor/archive/2006/02/23/Somnia.aspx )
Drink more. Kamakaze's made with Belvedere are a personal preference. 😛
Don't laugh, alcoholism is rampant in this business.
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January 12, 2012 at 8:50 am
Phil Factor (1/11/2012)
And what if, despite what your rational mind says, you can't even leave the problem alone when you're asleep?Yes, it happens to me sometimes. I once wrote a blog-post on the subject 'I could do it in my sleep' ( http://www.simple-talk.com/community/blogs/philfactor/archive/2006/02/23/Somnia.aspx )
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