Chris Muir
I've been hacking away as an Oracle consultant with SAGE Computing Services for over 8 years. And boy does that make me feel old.
I was involved in my first multi-million dollar IT project disaster 2 years out of university, and I certainly learnt a lot. They always say you learn most from your mistakes. Luckily nobody blamed me directly (Sssssssssssssh ;)
In the past I've utilised such bludgeoned Oracle tools as SQL, PL/SQL, Forms, Reports, Designer and Discoverer, and more recently have earned battle scars using JDeveloper and hacking web services (though I have plenty from my 100% generation days). In a previous life I was a C++ real-time coder, which resulted in no lose of life, though a few freight trains had near misses.
With over 10 years Oracle experience in Australia and overseas, and more recently Perth, Melbourne, and Perth again, I'm still desperately seeking a good cup of coffee on the West Coast. I think I may have found it, but there's always the chance of a better cup tomorrow.
I'm a frequent contributor to the Australian Oracle User Group through committee work and other time sapping tasks, and also an Oracle ACE Director. I'm slightly mad about Oracle stuff, but then again I'm slightly intense about many things, so take your pick at which bit to start rumours on.
I'm more than happy to chat to people via email, so feel free to send me a message at chrisDOTmuirATsagecomputingDOTcomDOTau.
The rest of my life revolves around the two ladies in my life, one who can be seen in the attached photo. Don't let that cute smile fool you. The other one would hit me if I posted a photo of her on the internet.
Saturday, June 28
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8 comments:
Nice Family Chris.
Tell me more about the lessons you learned of your first IT disaster.
thanks Edwin
The other one would hit me if I posted a photo of her on the internet.
Reminds me someone in my family. ;-)
@Alex: what's with our significant others being so violent I don't know?
@Edwin: geez, where do I start?
I think the big 3:
1) Ambiguous requirements should be the death of any mid-to-large scale project before the contract is signed
2) Middle management have their own agendas beyond the success of the project (politics, bonuses, apathy)
3) Tight deadlines are not your problem, they're the problem of the salesmen/manager/team leader who set them (unless of course you're that person ;)
CM.
Hi Chris,
Is it just me, or do you think you look like Donald O'Connor (the one on the left in this picture):
http://celluloidheroreviews.com/images/singin-in-the-rain.jpg
:D
John
@John: oh no, Donald definitely looks like me. It's just a fluke he was born before me ;P
CM.
Ok, Chris.
It is always the sales and their commission salary and off course stange requirements.
I think nowadays there shouldn't be fixed price projects and only agile developement with the customer. that is working fine. If you give the customer the estimate in time and money of a requirement, then you see that the importance of the req. is changed to should have
@Edwin: I agree, though the corporate and government world seems to love fixed prices contracts, and it's hard as a "lowely programmer" to argue otherwise.
Ah well, come the revolution, they'll be the first up against the wall ;)
CM.
Nice photo with Nice family ;)
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