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Data Modeller? Really???

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    #11
    Originally posted by thunderlizard View Post
    Last time I worked with a load of data entry people I was surprised to find that the experienced enterers were about 3 times quicker than the rookies, and got paid a lot more (but not 3 times more). And they're usually the coolest people in the building.
    Very true. The last time I was in that environment they used be in bands, wear black and never take their shades off...
    "I can put any old tat in my sig, put quotes around it and attribute to someone of whom I've heard, to make it sound true."
    - Voltaire/Benjamin Franklin/Anne Frank...

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      #12
      Originally posted by cojak View Post
      Very true. The last time I was in that environment they used be in bands, wear black and never take their shades off...
      Last time I was involved with data input teams, I had the whole lot outsourced to India. 12 Data Stewards all on £8000 per year and all Uni graduates.
      What happens in General, stays in General.
      You know what they say about assumptions!

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        #13
        Originally posted by cojak View Post
        Very true. The last time I was in that environment they used be in bands, wear black and never take their shades off...



        Wear hair bands and never take their socks off?
        The court heard Darren Upton had written a letter to Judge Sally Cahill QC saying he wasn’t “a typical inmate of prison”.

        But the judge said: “That simply demonstrates your arrogance continues. You are typical. Inmates of prison are people who are dishonest. You are a thoroughly dishonestly man motivated by your own selfish greed.”

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          #14
          http://www.theonion.com/content/news...ulfilling_life

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            #15
            Originally posted by MarillionFan View Post
            Last time I was involved with data input teams, I had the whole lot outsourced to India. 12 Data Stewards all on £8000 per year and all Uni graduates.
            It was over 10 years ago...
            "I can put any old tat in my sig, put quotes around it and attribute to someone of whom I've heard, to make it sound true."
            - Voltaire/Benjamin Franklin/Anne Frank...

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              #16
              Isn't sasguru a "data modeller"? That being so, £10 a hour would seem to be at the high end!
              “The period of the disintegration of the European Union has begun. And the first vessel to have departed is Britain”

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