Reply to: Windows Service developer wanted

[d000hg]

Did the real dev manage to get it working in the end?

We're teaching him how to debug his code and he's showing some real signs of progress.

[CheeseSlice]

Sorry everyone, this is indeed a parody thread, but it looks like it was just a little too realistic for some.

Did the real dev manage to get it working in the end?

[lilelvis2000]

Hi,

I'm looking for some help. I'm a project manager at a large investment bank with offices in London and New York.
My development team has just finished developing a new payment system for clients to receive their dividends.

You'll laugh at this, but the one part of the solution we overlooked was a mechanism to schedule the payments to run once per day.
For security reasons, we're not able to use the standard Windows task scheduler to do this so our architect has advised me that a custom 'Windows service' can be used. None of the developers have experience in this area so I decided to hire a specialist contractor on a short term basis to deliver the remaining part. As the payments and interface code is already complete and just needs to be scheduled, this should be a relatively small and simple piece of work. Well... that's what I was led to believe during his interview anyway.

Since the specialist arrived he's spent half of his time either drinking coffee, picking his nose or talking to himself. The rest of the time he's doing what looks like debugging 5 lines of code, then bashing his fists on the table when it doesn't work. Throughout this he's had his own laptop on the same web page that look like 'forums'. I've asked what it is he's doing several times, but he quickly closes his browser window, and tells me that he's onto Microsoft Support who've found an enormous 'bug' in Windows. Something about 'time action' apparently. Unfortunately for him I've been in this business for too long to fall for such rubbish from contractors.

I'm so annoyed. The agency led me to believe this guy was the industry go-to windows service and C# expert, but that's obviously turned out to be agency bulltulip,....again! To be fair we usually spend more on contractor day rates than this one, so I guess you get what you pay for.

As we're now initiating the termination of contract with the agency, does anyone on this forum want to finish the job?

Thanks

I've got mates in Indonesia just pining for their first bit of work. I think some of them actually can program too!

[speling bee]

Why are you paying a contractor to fart around all day?

Priceless!

[NorthWestPerm2Contr]

Hi,

I'm looking for some help. I'm a project manager at a large investment bank with offices in London and New York.
My development team has just finished developing a new payment system for clients to receive their dividends.

You'll laugh at this, but the one part of the solution we overlooked was a mechanism to schedule the payments to run once per day.
For security reasons, we're not able to use the standard Windows task scheduler to do this so our architect has advised me that a custom 'Windows service' can be used. None of the developers have experience in this area so I decided to hire a specialist contractor on a short term basis to deliver the remaining part. As the payments and interface code is already complete and just needs to be scheduled, this should be a relatively small and simple piece of work. Well... that's what I was led to believe during his interview anyway.

Since the specialist arrived he's spent half of his time either drinking coffee, picking his nose or talking to himself. The rest of the time he's doing what looks like debugging 5 lines of code, then bashing his fists on the table when it doesn't work. Throughout this he's had his own laptop on the same web page that look like 'forums'. I've asked what it is he's doing several times, but he quickly closes his browser window, and tells me that he's onto Microsoft Support who've found an enormous 'bug' in Windows. Something about 'time action' apparently. Unfortunately for him I've been in this business for too long to fall for such rubbish from contractors.

I'm so annoyed. The agency led me to believe this guy was the industry go-to windows service and C# expert, but that's obviously turned out to be agency bulltulip,....again! To be fair we usually spend more on contractor day rates than this one, so I guess you get what you pay for.

As we're now initiating the termination of contract with the agency, does anyone on this forum want to finish the job?

Thanks

Why are you paying a contractor to fart around all day?

[TheFaQQer]

Would it not be easier, and better value to get said contractor to just press a button once a day when it needs to be run?

[SimonMac]

Get an Indian gent in.

Well the cowboy didn't work so why not

[speling bee]

Get an Indian gent in.

[NorthWestPerm2Contr]

Hi,

I'm looking for some help. I'm a project manager at a large investment bank with offices in London and New York.
My development team has just finished developing a new payment system for clients to receive their dividends.

You'll laugh at this, but the one part of the solution we overlooked was a mechanism to schedule the payments to run once per day.
For security reasons, we're not able to use the standard Windows task scheduler to do this so our architect has advised me that a custom 'Windows service' can be used. None of the developers have experience in this area so I decided to hire a specialist contractor on a short term basis to deliver the remaining part. As the payments and interface code is already complete and just needs to be scheduled, this should be a relatively small and simple piece of work. Well... that's what I was led to believe during his interview anyway.

Since the specialist arrived he's spent half of his time either drinking coffee, picking his nose or talking to himself. The rest of the time he's doing what looks like debugging 5 lines of code, then bashing his fists on the table when it doesn't work. Throughout this he's had his own laptop on the same web page that look like 'forums'. I've asked what it is he's doing several times, but he quickly closes his browser window, and tells me that he's onto Microsoft Support who've found an enormous 'bug' in Windows. Something about 'time action' apparently. Unfortunately for him I've been in this business for too long to fall for such rubbish from contractors.

I'm so annoyed. The agency led me to believe this guy was the industry go-to windows service and C# expert, but that's obviously turned out to be agency bulltulip,....again! To be fair we usually spend more on contractor day rates than this one, so I guess you get what you pay for.

As we're now initiating the termination of contract with the agency, does anyone on this forum want to finish the job?

Thanks

Can't you use a combination of SQL/SQL Agent/SSIS to do the job you are looking to do? I am assuming the main aspect here is to do with data?

[CheeseSlice]

Why coudln't your permies manage it, they must be rubbish developers if they can't workout how to do this

I'd sack them all

Well there you go, even permies must be crap if they can't do it

[MicrosoftBob]

Why coudln't your permies manage it, they must be rubbish developers if they can't workout how to do this

I'd sack them all

[SimonMac]

Hmm...

http://forums.contractoruk.com/techn...ml#post1951886

Too subtle?

[CheeseSlice]

I can't ruin my own parody thread

doh!

[scooterscot]

You need an expert? You need the job to just work? Then you need an automator!

[d000hg]

Are you going to explain CheeseSlice, or let them carry on taking it seriously?