tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36070744.post7777556938615070497..comments2023-10-20T10:08:03.133+01:00Comments on SomeBeans: Far, far awaySomeBeanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11076372969807940310noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36070744.post-53917588808042141802011-04-04T18:07:34.802+01:002011-04-04T18:07:34.802+01:00I suspect my experience would be familiar to peopl...I suspect my experience would be familiar to people working in very large companies.<br /><br />University IT have quite a difficult job because they're generally required to pay substantial attention to the desires of academics with a broad range of preferences!SomeBeanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11076372969807940310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36070744.post-88286112579864081402011-04-03T21:43:38.052+01:002011-04-03T21:43:38.052+01:00Goodness, Ian - quite a tale. Is this really typic...Goodness, Ian - quite a tale. Is this really typical for corporate IT?<br /><br />Perhaps next time I feel like cursing the University IT Department, I will remember this and give quiet thanks instead.Austin Elliotthttp://occamstypewriter.org/notranting/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36070744.post-80944392437730761762011-03-09T17:45:19.360+00:002011-03-09T17:45:19.360+00:00It would be so much easier if I was empowered to s...It would be so much easier if I was empowered to screw things up myself!SomeBeanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11076372969807940310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36070744.post-65408694913518042462011-03-08T13:35:32.222+00:002011-03-08T13:35:32.222+00:00Sounds pretty easy by corporate IT standards - but...Sounds pretty easy by corporate IT standards - but then I'm sure you gave the requisite 2 months notice that you wanted to deploy the software.<br /><br />Now I'm working in a University I just do the deployments myself which is niceIan Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07504708396366339284noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36070744.post-28082512900299145402011-03-07T19:14:09.847+00:002011-03-07T19:14:09.847+00:00@Phil - yes, Supriya does seem to get awfully long...@Phil - yes, Supriya does seem to get awfully long working days.<br /><br />My company has research labs in Connecticut, Europe, India and China (Shanghai) - they get together for the occasional teleconference - which is a bit of a stretch!SomeBeanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11076372969807940310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36070744.post-83815876637593135792011-03-06T19:09:41.956+00:002011-03-06T19:09:41.956+00:00When we've an active project our meetings are ...When we've an active project our meetings are between manager in the U.S, developers in the U.K, and testing in India. You'd think this would limit when the meeting could be but from what I can tell our teams in India work 12-hour days every day - they certainly seem to!<br /><br />In the end though, no matter how much we might like to think the elimination of human contact encourages proper documentation (which to a certain extent it has), really it comes down to cost!Phil Rusehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13040474351783645703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36070744.post-43426855991475467492011-03-06T16:32:51.219+00:002011-03-06T16:32:51.219+00:00University IT where I've been has generally be...University IT where I've been has generally been better than I experience now, largely because it tried to serve an audience of people like me. I'm a bit more of an outlier for corporate IT. <br /><br />When Lehmann Brothers went bust I distinctly remember someone carrying their desk contents out in an Iron Mountain box!SomeBeanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11076372969807940310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36070744.post-28784519050143946632011-03-06T16:06:17.625+00:002011-03-06T16:06:17.625+00:00Brilliant rant. IT systems and their support netwo...Brilliant rant. IT systems and their support networks are surely the cause of more premature ageing in the workplace than anything else. All the IT in my old University workplace was located on campus & yet it was still a nightmare resolving issues.<br /><br />Also when you mentioned Iron Mountain I thought for a minute some of your IT had been outsourced to Middle Earth.The Gentleman Administratorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09880678320464729842noreply@blogger.com