3 months after the layoff

[Mike Labosh]

I spent 2 years of my life working on a successful migration from Access 97
to SQL Server 2000.

Redesign of the schemas. Redesign & rewrites of all their applications,
from VBA to .NET. All successful and ontime.

Then they laid off our entire department.

I just got a message from one of my former co-workers: Apparently, now that
they laid off all the programmers and SQL people, they no longer have anyone
that knows SQL Server, so the company called one of my former bosses on the
telephone (who also got laid off) and asked what it would take to stuff 170
GB back into MS Access.

<hand slapping forehead>

There are just not words.

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Peace & happy computing,

Mike Labosh, MCSD MCT
Owner, vbSensei.Com

"Escriba coda ergo sum." -- vbSensei

 

[Joseph Meehan]

I spent 2 years of my life working on a successful migration from
Access 97 to SQL Server 2000.

Redesign of the schemas. Redesign & rewrites of all their
applications, from VBA to .NET. All successful and ontime.

Then they laid off our entire department.

I just got a message from one of my former co-workers: Apparently,
now that they laid off all the programmers and SQL people, they no
longer have anyone that knows SQL Server, so the company called one
of my former bosses on the telephone (who also got laid off) and
asked what it would take to stuff 170 GB back into MS Access.

A five year contract?

 

[Mike Labosh]

A five year contract?

And LOTS of alcohol.
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Peace & happy computing,

Mike Labosh, MCSD MCT
Owner, vbSensei.Com

"Escriba coda ergo sum." -- vbSensei

 

[Dirk Goldgar]

There are just not words.

None here, either. You have my sympathy. I hope this gives you an
opportunity for some high-paying -- if frustrating -- work.

 

[Mike Labosh]

None here, either. You have my sympathy. I hope this gives you an

opportunity for some high-paying -- if frustrating -- work.

Considering that I already know all their code from memory, I might take the
gig -- if my get-out-of-bed fee is like $5,000 per day.
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Peace & happy computing,

Mike Labosh, MCSD MCT
Owner, vbSensei.Com

"Escriba coda ergo sum." -- vbSensei

 

[Norman Yuan]

Plus doubled wage/salary with a contract to converting the just converted
apps back to Access apps.
Also, be prepared after the contract, you may be hired back to convert all
Access apps back again to apps suitable to SQL Server and .NET.

Your job future is good as long as that management runs the business.

 

[Nick Coe \(UK\)]

I was speechless when I read that, apart from a couple of
good solid expletives <g>

I hope you're in a sufficiently strong position to make the
best decision for yourself. It's an attractive idea to
screw some money out of idiots like that but the pain of
working around them <shrug>. I don't know if I could do it
for long before losing patience...

Good luck anyway Mike.

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In Mike Labosh typed:

 

[Mike Labosh]

I was speechless when I read that, apart from a couple of good solid

expletives <g>

I hope you're in a sufficiently strong position to make the best decision
for yourself. It's an attractive idea to screw some money out of idiots
like that but the pain of working around them <shrug>. I don't know if I
could do it for long before losing patience...

I GOT IT!

86 Access Databases: 85 of them all maxed out at the 2GB limit, and then
one of them with table links and lots of UNION querys to do stuff like
SELECT....FROM Contacts1 UNION SELECT....FROM Contacts2...etc

And just stuff all the rewritten code into mdb #86. What a great design!
<cough, sneeze>
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Peace & happy computing,

Mike Labosh, MCSD MCT
Owner, vbSensei.Com

"Escriba coda ergo sum." -- vbSensei