Happy Holidays...

[Tony DeLia <tdelia@EROLS.COM>]

*** HAPPY HOLIDAYS ***

A colleague sent this to me.. Since it's relevent to SQR development AND
the holidays I thought I'd post it...


'Twas the night before implementation
  and all through the house,
  not a program was working,
  not even a browse.
  The Programmers hung by their cubes in despair,
  with hopes that a miracle soon would be there.
  The users were nestled all snug in their beds,
  while visions of inquiries danced in their heads.
  When out in the lobby there arose such a clatter,
  We sprang from our desks to see what was the matter.
  And what to our wondering eyes did appear,
  but a super programmer (with a six-pack of beer).
  His resume` glowed with experience so rare,
  he turned out great code with a bit-pushers flair.
  More rapid than eagles, his programs they came,
  and he whistled and shouted and called them by name.

  On Update! On Add! On Inquire! On Delete!
  On Batch Jobs! On Closing! On Functions Complete!

  His eyes were glazed over, fingers nimble and lean,
  from weekends and nights spent in front of a screen.
  A wink of his eye and a twist of his head,
  soon made it clear we had nothing to dread.
  He spoke not a word, but went straight to his work,
  turning specs into code; then he turned with a jerk.
  And laying his finger upon the <enter> key,
  the system came up and worked perfectly.

  The updates, they updated; the deletes, they deleted;
  the reports, they reported, and the batch jobs completed.

  He tested each whistle, and tested each bell,
  with nary an abend, and all had gone well.
  The system was finished, the tests were concluded.
  Our users' last minute requests were even included.
  Then the users exclaimed with a snarl and a taunt:
  IT'S JUST WHAT WE ASKED FOR, BUT NOT WHAT WE WANT!


HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!!


Delores, Thanks for the poem... Sounds like my biography! ;O)
I'm looking forward to our next project together!!!

       -Tony DeLia

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Tony DeLia
AnswerThink Consulting Group
PeopleSoft Solutions Practice - Delphi Partners
tdelia@erols.com