who's working today?

[purbeast0]

there are about 4 out of like 80 people here today. it sucks to be here but it's quiet so i'll get a lot of stuff done. also working jan 2nd and i'm expecting the same turn out that day.

 

[highland145]

I'm here, doing the same amount of work I usually do.....:whiste:

I'll be catching up to your post count before long.

 

[purbeast0]

yeah where do you think the majority of these posts came from lol? i remember i started on these forums when working my first internship between college semesters. 13 years later, i'm still making most of my posts while at work.

 

[highland145]

Mine started after I became self employed.

 

[zerocool84]

I'm working today and tomorrow. Same goes next week, half day on the eve, off the actual holiday, work the next two days after.

 

[IndyColtsFan]

I'm supposed to have today and next week off, but I went ahead and connected this morning to bill a few hours.

 

[purbeast0]

if i didn't have my firstborn coming in april, i probably would have used PTO for today and jan 2nd. but i need to bank all the PTO i can, because i want to take 2 weeks off in april, and we may do a babymoon at the end of january as well.

it would be so nice to be sitting in my basement in sweatpants playing some killer instinct right now

 

[zerocool84]

if i didn't have my firstborn coming in april, i probably would have used PTO for today and jan 2nd. but i need to bank all the PTO i can, because i want to take 2 weeks off in april, and we may do a babymoon at the end of january as well.

it would be so nice to be sitting in my basement in sweatpants playing some killer instinct right now

I had to Google what babymoon was.

 

[purbeast0]

I had to Google what babymoon was.

i didnt know what it was either until a couple months ago when our other pregnant friends went somewhere heh.

 

[clamum]

Yep. Working from my motel's lobby so I can let my bro sleep in the room in case I need to be on the phone. I don't think there's too many people in so hopefully it'll continue to be quiet so I can get stuff done.

 

[smackababy]

I'm supposed to have today and next week off, but I went ahead and connected this morning to bill a few hours.

But, are you billing them at an increased rate? This could be considered a holiday, right?


As for me, I am at work, but working? Certainly not!

 

[brianmanahan]

it sucks to be here but it's quiet so i'll get a lot of stuff done.

not if you keep posting

 

[purbeast0]

not if you keep posting

wrong! already have finished quite a bit of unit tests!

 

[smackababy]

wrong! already have finished quite a bit of unit tests!

Exactly! I can post a bunch because after I do some work, I have to compile and then locally deploy to a WAS server, and on these crap machines that takes awhile. Plenty of "down time" between that to post on ATOT.

 

[BurnItDwn]

Working, busy, yes

 

[brianmanahan]

wrong! already have finished quite a bit of unit tests!

THATS NOT PRODUCTION CODE

caps

 

[purbeast0]

THATS NOT PRODUCTION CODE

caps

you're right ... it's in a branch

 

[GobBluth]

Present and accounted for. Surfing ATOT while I set up phones in call manager.

 

[smackababy]

THATS NOT PRODUCTION CODE

caps

If people spent as much time on unit tests as they do on "production code", the world would be a better place.

 

[purbeast0]

If people spent as much time on unit tests as they do on "production code", the world would be a better place.

i agree, and i'm one of those people who didn't spend enough time on them. just never really did them at previous gigs. but writing good unit tests also makes you write code that is easily testable, which usually results in better code overall with smaller functions.

 

[BurnItDwn]

If people spent as much time on unit tests as they do on "production code", the world would be a better place.

I'm convinced that all the good folks from cognizant/tcs and such are frobidden from doing real unit testing per their management. Sure, they will say they unit test, but, I trust them as far as I can throw them.

 

[purbeast0]

I'm convinced that all the good folks from cognizant/tcs and such are frobidden from doing real unit testing per their management. Sure, they will say they unit test, but, I trust them as far as I can throw them.

the problem boils down to time. writing unit tests takes time. and everyone wants everything right now, so there is rarely time to write good unit tests. the higher ups don't realize the long term benefit of taking time now to save a lot of time in the future. they just want new features right now!

 

[Pulsar]

Sigh. Yeah, working today supervising a bunch of dechipping, cleaning, and watching some installs go in.

That's why I'm on ATOT =).

 

[Pulsar]

I'm working today and tomorrow. Same goes next week, half day on the eve, off the actual holiday, work the next two days after.

Same here but a full day on the eve. It's ok though, guests aren't showing up until around 3 PM.

 

[midwestfisherman]

I'm working today. I didn't have plans to go out of town so I'm covering so a co-worker can take the day off. There's about 10 out of ~600 people actually here today. Needless to say there's a lot of productivity happening!