Documentation and the fun it poses

You know those time when you create a document; the document assumes nothing but a basic understanding of the program you use every single day. Basic stuff, I mean things you have to know just to log in and function within the program. You use the thing EVERY DAY, not just once a month or twice a year. I mean every day. So anyways you create this document that is step by step, I mean it almost tells you exactly where and how to click. Gives pictures for every step for those of us that are visual learners. I mean detailed pictures like the tab you're on with a circle around it in red, then arrows for the other 2 items, one on top of the other, that you are editing (by the way the description in the fields themselves is detailed as well). Not just a random picture of the application or something.

Well I created a document of this type, as I do many many times a month; and what happens you ask. Well even if you didn't ask your going to read, They don't understand it. I use they not in a derogatory fashion but to describe a specific subset of a specific group of people. I love the people as people and some have no problem what so ever with anything we give to them in a document. It has to be a cultural thing here, the way they are taught through school. There is in what I can only assume to be the majority a lack of concrete sequential thinking. I myself am a self proclaimed scatter thought, and if you read much of what i post you can likely tell by the way I write here. Now when I write documents my entire thought process shifts to a concrete sequential one, because that's what documentation requires detailed step by step instructions. I've often been accused of making them to details and told not to assume the reader knows nothing. But from what I deal with every (I mean every) day I cant do that. every time I do I get at least one person asking basic stuff.

Back to the good ones, our team never keeps them. Yes we have one or two on the team at most times but in a matter of a year, two if were lucky then they leave, majority of them to other companies and bigger better things. You almost know from the first month who these ones are going to be because they ask questions once maybe twice then you see the results. Drives me nuts! Sometimes you sit and wonder why,how do we stop it, then you realize you can't. It is impossible and you cant blame the people who leave for leaving, half the time your proud of them and congratulate them for getting out. Secretly wishing you were going with them. Since you don't you prepare for the transition period which while tey claim is 2 weeks long you know its more likely for the next 2 years.....

The fun of Life  :-)

Charging on
Josh

The world

Something's wrong with the world today. I just can't place my hand. The something wrong with the world today and .... Until we all stop complaining about it and get off of our butts it wont get fixed. Everyone think all well if we elect the right president then.... Give me a break. The only thing the President of the united states does is sit up there a figure ways they can get a spend more of our money.. Same goes for congress. One day we will have people in who actually care. The day people realize those they elect have to do what they we tell them. Instead people just vote the same idiot in over and over. I have to say Congress has done more to screw up this country than any president can. Anyways off topic.

Where does personal responsibility start. I know it was really bad of the mortgage lenders to deceive you. But come on did you not read the lending agreement. Your signing a agreement for 15-30+ years. 100's of thousands of $$$$$ that's 3 0's after the comma. ?00,000.00 That's a lot of money. Why didn't you people get a lawyer? 200.00 I had one and I only spent 65,000.00 That's at least 60,000 less that most of you. He cost 200.00 and it took 2 hours to go over every inch of paper. You know what he did? He explained the big words I couldn't understand.

The was plenty I knew I didn't know when we bought a house. It was our first. whats your excuse.

Now lets go to Jobs. Get one! Yes it may be better for you to stay on unemployment that way I can pay for you to make dang near the same amount of money as when you were doing nothing at work and got fired.. Or outsourced. (Don't even yell at me for that my company outsourced me. I was looking for a job and got lucky they picked me up last min. Yes I work for India now) That's still not the point. You can find work. It may be something different. Maybe this is the time to reevaluate your life and take a different direction. I know I am. This outsourcing thing scared the crap out of me. I was mega lucky to be picked up. But guess what if I wasn't Id be working a Mc D's or 7-11 maybe both before I took unemployment for longer than a couple of months. Oh yea and if you think the president is going to make jobs, give me a break. The president doesn't make jobs they make it harder for business to. Wait lower taxes on businesses so they will do what? Outsourced more jobs or be able to afford the penitentiaries for hiring Americans. No one realizes (but those of us who had businesses) That money you see come out of your check, Your business matches it. Yes that means if you have 200.00 come out every week in SS$'s your company send in 200.00's too. time that by X number of employees.. No wonder they just hired 300 Indians to do what 200 Americans can do. They don't need to pay them as much as you, and they don't need to pay the gov as much.. Nice tax break huh!

That's it I'm done for now.. House is on..