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I remember working on a project that had to be one of the absolute WORST projects imaginable. Not because of the rate; not because of the workload; and not because of the technology by any means! So what was so horrible? The intangible, ubiquitous, pervasive - ever-in-your-face - ID10T errors that we simply could not speak to fast enough!
Several years ago I was snookered by the ID10T error - ID - numeric 10, letter "T".
Working alongside a pretty decent team of analyst/developers - I found myself in that infamous position of the "consultant" - where I was not wanted - and the technology I was endeavoring to help the client with - no one else knew. BizTalk - boy, that was a blast!
Back to the intangible, ubiquitous, pervasive - ID10T Error 0xhell0nErth0001 - issue.
I have worked in this field almost 25 years solid - from writing hard-line 8bit mnemonics in a 128K memory space on the Apple II/e - to VMOS resident drivers that are the glue of RAID 0/1/5/10 firmware today.
In all of these years - there is the ever-present pressure to perform, deliver, and be profitable. Translate - if you are not billing - you are not eating. Period.
Unlike many in my field - as I get older - I have been truly blessed to NOT get snookered into Management - I'm just a grunt still, in the field - writing code - and loving it!
Alas - the ID10T Error 0xhell0nErth0001
This exception is actually quite simple. When you begin to think that you are no longer answering to God - as you may know him/her - but that you think you are God - well, it is inevitable that you'll throw this Exception - guaranteed.
When you do throw this Exception - try to ensure you have Try/Catch clauses in your life - otherwise, you may result is the BSOD (Blue Screen of Death to those in the MSFT Know).
Remember who you are working for: The Client (no, it's not a John Grisham original.)
Remember your goals/objectives: To retire by 55, and leave this career with a solid reference - or chain of references - that do not include the intangible, ubiquitous, pervasive - ID10T Error 0xhell0nErth0001 - Exception.
Remember your resources: the tangible, rarefied, evasive technologist that you work hard to find, and should work harder to keep - in front of your Client(s).
Those are my three (e) R's - for now: Remember, the Client is FIRST; the Client is SECOND; your Team is ALL THAT!
Okay - not all R's - but you get the picture.
Take care of your people - or they'll take care of themselves - and you'll find yourself in front of the BSOD with only one memory dump to ponder - the intangible, ubiquitous, pervasive - ID10T Error 0xhell0nErth0001
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