There is no happiness in the world
Once one finds a perfectly good employer one meets customers from hell. Getting from them the data that our program is supposed to import is a lot of fun.
Day 1:
Koodiorjatyttö: Here is the IP, the username and the password. Can you put the test data there?
Day 5:
Koodiorjatyttö: Hey, can you put the test data there? It would be so nice to see it.
TomorrowDude: Sure thing. By tomorrow!
Day 7:
Koodiorjatyttö: Sorry to bother you again, just reminding.
TomorrowDude: No problem. By tomorrow morning!
Day 8:
TomorrowDude: Here is the test data. Kukkahattutäti can check if it is any good.
Koodiorjatyttö: Hurrah! Can you answer these questions about the data: ...
Day 29:
Koodiorjatyttö (to Kukkahattutäti and TomorrowDude): Can you answer these questions about the data: ...
Day 33:
ProjectManager(to TomorrowDude): Can you send us the newest version of the data? Preferably the real-life data.
Day 36:
Kukkahattutäti (to Koodiorjatyttö): Shit, forgot to answer. Sorry. Here are you answers. They are in red. (Sends email with answers that are incomplete and not red even if you look at the html source of it.)
Koodiorjatyttö is away, bosses are trying to get the data.
Day 55:
TomorrowDude: Here is the new version.
Day 57:
Kukkahattutäti (to TomorrowDude): Now might be the time to send the real data.
Koodiorjatyttö (to TomorrowDude): Here is the IP address of our new server, username and password. Can we have the real data?
Day 58:
TomorrowDude: Hey, the ssh-connection works! Wow! I'll send you the data tomorrow!
Koodiorjatyttö: Can you do it today? We kinda need it.
TomorrowDude: The data changed. I'll have to check it and I'll send to tonight.
Data appears, but it is not the genuine data but some made-up test data. Now we have the old test data, the new test data and the new specs that all contradict each other and contain a lot of redundant fields that also can and will contradict each other. Oh joy!
The XML tree of this wonderful document reminds me of the genealogy trees of some parts of my family, which resemble networks rather than trees. It's common in the Redneckland where parts of my family come from, but quite an achievement for an XML tree.
Day 1:
Koodiorjatyttö: Here is the IP, the username and the password. Can you put the test data there?
Day 5:
Koodiorjatyttö: Hey, can you put the test data there? It would be so nice to see it.
TomorrowDude: Sure thing. By tomorrow!
Day 7:
Koodiorjatyttö: Sorry to bother you again, just reminding.
TomorrowDude: No problem. By tomorrow morning!
Day 8:
TomorrowDude: Here is the test data. Kukkahattutäti can check if it is any good.
Koodiorjatyttö: Hurrah! Can you answer these questions about the data: ...
Day 29:
Koodiorjatyttö (to Kukkahattutäti and TomorrowDude): Can you answer these questions about the data: ...
Day 33:
ProjectManager(to TomorrowDude): Can you send us the newest version of the data? Preferably the real-life data.
Day 36:
Kukkahattutäti (to Koodiorjatyttö): Shit, forgot to answer. Sorry. Here are you answers. They are in red. (Sends email with answers that are incomplete and not red even if you look at the html source of it.)
Koodiorjatyttö is away, bosses are trying to get the data.
Day 55:
TomorrowDude: Here is the new version.
Day 57:
Kukkahattutäti (to TomorrowDude): Now might be the time to send the real data.
Koodiorjatyttö (to TomorrowDude): Here is the IP address of our new server, username and password. Can we have the real data?
Day 58:
TomorrowDude: Hey, the ssh-connection works! Wow! I'll send you the data tomorrow!
Koodiorjatyttö: Can you do it today? We kinda need it.
TomorrowDude: The data changed. I'll have to check it and I'll send to tonight.
Data appears, but it is not the genuine data but some made-up test data. Now we have the old test data, the new test data and the new specs that all contradict each other and contain a lot of redundant fields that also can and will contradict each other. Oh joy!
The XML tree of this wonderful document reminds me of the genealogy trees of some parts of my family, which resemble networks rather than trees. It's common in the Redneckland where parts of my family come from, but quite an achievement for an XML tree.
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