Little things that made you wish

[RKS]

We work in a 2 story building with our private underground garage. If the garage is not available we have free parking lots surrounding the office.

We have a lot of flexibility as far as hours since us 'professionals' aren't expected to abuse it. :roll: The guy I report to never comes in before 10:00 AM (If I need him in a client meeting, I never schedule it before 11:00 AM), takes a long lunch, and sometimes leaves by 4:30 to beat traffic. He came in yesterday, worked a couple hours, settled a $100K suit and took his $16K cut to the bank.

 

[Zenmervolt]

First of all, background:

I am an SAP Functional Consultant. I can configure an SAP module to suit just about anything and I can build excellent to-be requirements and explain the system limitations very well. I can build you process flows and design a testing strategy in my sleep. I document current process and propose suggestions where there are gaps or risks, and provide functional specifications for custom programs when the client cannot (usually it's really will not) change process to meet a gap.

I am not a programmer. In fact, I have no programming skills whatsoever. This is why companies have SAP Basis teams and their own ABAP programmers. These are the people who know table names and programming. I also do not dictate process design. I don't even technically dictate system design/configuration since it's always possible that a VP or Director will come in at the last minute and insist on changes despite having agreed to something else earlier.

With that said, here are some of the little things that I hate:

- Being asked by the client's lead ABAP (the SAP programming language) programmer, "How do I implement a BAdI?" (BAdIs are "plugins" for the SAP system, an ABAP programmer who cannot implement a BAdI is like a C++ programmer who cannot write "Hello World".)
- Being asked, "Why do we do X in our process, wouldn't it be better to do Y?" (Answer: I have no friggin' clue! It's your damn process. Were you sleeping during the week I spent trying to explain to your VP that X was a legal risk and that Y accomplished the exact same function while being legally defensible as well as saving you guys $30,000 in custom programming?)

ZV

 

[CraKaJaX]

Originally posted by: TheKub
Could have been much worse.

WTF?