trying to figure the best way to give notice..

[Darren M]

Thanks for the well wishes. I'm going onsite next week for one last customer facing gig. Afer that I'm giving notice at 3 weeks.

[Big A]

As of your last day, no projects you were working are your problem. I don't burn bridges either, and 2 weeks is plenty for them to delegate your responsibilities to someone until they can backfill.

On another note, I sell Enterprise Software solutions that typically require Oracle or SQL databases with standalone servers, App servers, and most commonly JBOSS or Websphere. This year, 3 out of the 4 deals I've sold have all gone on VMware.

It appears to be taking over from customary standalone architecture...

Do you have any customers or prostpecs in CA? If so, I handle 80+% of the states Microsoft (SQL), and have sold about $10MM of Oracle to LA DWP specifically in the last year and a half.

[Chas_svo]

Let me know what you are doing Darren. I guess it's not what we talked about last?

Good luck!

[Darren M]

Let me know what you are doing Darren. I guess it's not what we talked about last?

Good luck!

Actually, it is! I'll be YOUR customer. (Granted not directly. ;-)) But yes, I'll have the vertical badge where yours is horizontal. Get over to the plant or let me know when you're in Whitsettlement and we'll do lunch or something!! There's a place called "Taste of Asia" that is to die for in WS. If you know where it is, let's hit it!!!

[cobrajet69]

Actually, it is! I'll be YOUR customer. (Granted not directly. ;-)) But yes, I'll have the vertical badge where yours is horizontal. Get over to the plant or let me know when you're in Whitsettlement and we'll do lunch or something!! There's a place called "Taste of Asia" that is to die for in WS. If you know where it is, let's hit it!!!

Holla!

I'm off of 820 and Winscott Rd (work).



David

[Roscoe]

Do you have any customers or prostpecs in CA? If so, I handle 80+% of the states Microsoft (SQL), and have sold about $10MM of Oracle to LA DWP specifically in the last year and a half.

I don't, I only cover SouthWest and Midwest US.

<-- doesn't get the Left Coast.

[ceyko]

Jesus, we have people doing shit I had no idea they did. We should get a DFW PAB going.

[Chas_svo]

Actually, it is! I'll be YOUR customer. (Granted not directly. ;-)) But yes, I'll have the vertical badge where yours is horizontal. Get over to the plant or let me know when you're in Whitsettlement and we'll do lunch or something!! There's a place called "Taste of Asia" that is to die for in WS. If you know where it is, let's hit it!!!

Holla!

I'm off of 820 and Winscott Rd (work).

David

I'm at 501 on M,W, and on-Fridays. This sounds like a plan. I do know that place Darren, but haven't been in a awhile, and had almost forgot about it.

Darren, you can always IM or I think you have my cell. pm me if you don't.

David, I'll pm you mine, but I don't have your's. I think I got replies from yours on he power tour, but not sure which number it was.

[GeorgeG.]

Yeah, it is great for non production use, but try to run a business on it just to save money, bad idea!

Say what?!?! why do you think that? We're 100% virtual at my place and haven't had any issues. Just curious why you'd think that.

dang it...I just realized that was a year ago.

[Darren M]

Jesus, we have people doing shit I had no idea they did. We should get a DFW PAB going.

PAB?

Charles and David, I'll hit you guys up and try to coordinate a Taste of Asia lunch once I get settled in and can afford a long lunch. Late July maybe.

[Somewhere in Time]

Both of your bosses are out of state?? Sounds like a dream job to me.

[Chas_svo]

I work remotely about half the time. My boss has never been to my workplace, and we've been here since '99.

It's a new world. (not sent from my work PC)

Sounds good Darren.

[yellowstang]

What do you prefer? Why do you hate it?

I gues the main reason is the idiots that use it do not know how to set it up properly. For example, they have an ESX server with 10 images runnng on it, and give each image a fuck-ton of memory and CPU (say the ESX server has 16 cpu's, they give EACH image 16!), thinking they each can use it no matter what. Never mind the fact that when they all are running, the actual ESX server is being pushed to its limits, and then they wonder why shit runs slow...

Or they set up a drive and allocate ALL the space at once, then wonder why the ESX server is out of disk space...

Just general dumbassery really.

[yellowstang]

Say what?!?! why do you think that? We're 100% virtual at my place and haven't had any issues. Just curious why you'd think that.

dang it...I just realized that was a year ago.

Just saw this one. Read my post above!

It also depends on what you are using the server for. Our software is heavy, heavy DB transactions, so any latency is noticed. We have clients that need to increase the speed of transactions by milliseconds sometimes. NASDAQ runs some of our software, I sure wouldn't want that on a VMWare image! You just can't beat the pure speed/power of a huge Solaris server!

But again, it all depends on how it is set up and configured.

[Sgt Beavis]

Wow, talk about bringing up an old thread.

I guess I could update you fellas on what happened to me. I gave my notice last June and my boss asked for the chance to make a counter offer. Sure enough, HP decided to match the offer and give me two months salary as a retention bonus. I also got some veto power on the assignments I'm given.

Since then, my job has gotten a lot more challenging, in a good way. Not every thing is perfect, of course, but it is good enough that I've been inclined to turn down several job offers that have come my way.

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