My Sydney Travel photo posted on schmap

http://www.schmap.com/sydney/tours_tour1/p=31742/i=31742_208.jpg

Sarah Edwards via Flickr (no-reply) to me

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:: Schmap Sydney Tenth Edition: Photo Inclusion

Hi Anthony,

I am delighted to let you know that your submitted photo
has been selected for inclusion in the newly released tenth
edition of our Schmap Sydney Guide:

Sydney Harbour Bridge
http://www.schmap.com/sydney/tours_tour1/p=31742/i=31742_208.jpg

If you use an iPhone or iPod touch, then this same link
will take you directly to your photo in the iPhone version
of our guide. On a desktop computer, you can still see
exactly how your photo is displayed and credited in the
iPhone version of our guide at:

Sydney Harbour Bridge
http://www.schmap.com/?m=iphone#uid=sydney&sid=tours_tour1&p=31742&i=31742_208

Thanks so much for letting us include your photo - please
enjoy the guide!

Best regards,

Sarah B. Edwards
Editor, Schmap Guides

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release, a tool for sharing events, places, and local
reviews on Twitter:
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following:

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A programmer's life - deeply misunderstood

Random thoughts or rant on a programmer's life, no intention to mock any of my friends or readers of their job... have a sense of humour pls.

The marketing

Always tells the client buzzword Yes latest .NET , Yes scalable, Yes Microsoft, Yes SOA(service oriented architecture, even if its 1 function call 1 page using web service), Yes WCF

The HR/head hunters

Always wonders why programmers are highly paid, especially if the no. of years they worked is lesser than the programmer. Always negotiate the lowest pay for the client/company to make themselves look good.

The team leader/project manager

The programmers are 'plug and play' to them, we can 'be moved around' in their fancy excel or MS project sheet.

The business analyst

Add 1 field here pls is that so hard?

The managers/CEO/COO

Report pls ? manager->team leader/business analyst->user->programmer, and they thought their business analyst do wonders.

The Finance

Sees us as liability.

The server/security guys

No you cant touch production, no you cant access the server , no you cant edit the tables. Seriously guys, do they really know the database REAL purpose than the programmers? They lock you out left, right and centre, the minimal permission is the safest(thats when they dont know how to manage risk they lock you out!) Seriously we are just like the janitors, we just wanna do our job ,fix the shit(program errors/bugs).

A programmer's real life

We are really just janitors, we pick up where/what shit the previous programmer has left, understand the system from the day 1 its built.

We have to always ask for the 2nd/3rd time to the users how they get the error when they just say 'its not working'.

We have to teach them print screen and ctrl-V to word doc or start-all programs->accessories->paint then ctrl-S.

we have to refresh our technical knowledge every 2-3years and yet know what has been going on with Microsoft since the product was developed (whatever language they are in or whatever version).

We have to do the shit and the rest takes the glory and glamour.

So the HR or head hunters wonder why we are paid higher than the usual.

lol@user application support #1

Thought I'd start micro blogging about some funny support issues

"I select the document that I wish to attach and then press 'save'.

It does its whole thinking thing than after a while this message comes up. File does not get saved/created."