Grumbling, etc. regarding overtime

I greatly dislike having to stay late at the Current Paying Gig to "support" deploying the latest build of the system to the tester type(s). I also note, with some amount of disdain, that the issues that were keeping us from deploying were all in a part of the application where I haven't been spending much of my time; not coincidentally, that's also a part of the application that has next to no automated test harnesses. Of course, that means that any problems have to be manually traced and debugged. Which explains why I (and the rest of the team) were here late ...

On the other hand, such late nights have been a relatively rare occurrence. And, if I can figure out how to automate tests for Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services, one that will be even rarer in the future.

(The only advantage is that, as a mercenary contractor, I do get paid for the overtime. Makes up a bit for yesterday being a holiday, and thus unpaid for us mercenary contractor types.)

Grumbling, etc. regarding overtime

I greatly dislike having to stay late at the Current Paying Gig to "support" deploying the latest build of the system to the tester type(s). I also note, with some amount of disdain, that the issues that were keeping us from deploying were all in a part of the application where I haven't been spending much of my time; not coincidentally, that's also a part of the application that has next to no automated test harnesses. Of course, that means that any problems have to be manually traced and debugged. Which explains why I (and the rest of the team) were here late ...

On the other hand, such late nights have been a relatively rare occurrence. And, if I can figure out how to automate tests for Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services, one that will be even rarer in the future.

(The only advantage is that, as a mercenary contractor, I do get paid for the overtime. Makes up a bit for yesterday being a holiday, and thus unpaid for us mercenary contractor types.)

BBC Newsnight: US Had Secret, Pre-9/11 Plans for Iraq's Oil

Alas, I would not be surprised if this BBC story is in fact true:

The Bush administration made plans for war and for Iraq's oil before the 9/11 attacks, sparking a policy battle between neo-cons and Big Oil, BBC's Newsnight has revealed.

( The rest of the story )

Haven't seen this commented on yet in the blogosphere, but the night is yet young.

URL: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/4354269.stm

BBC Newsnight: US Had Secret, Pre-9/11 Plans for Iraq's Oil

Alas, I would not be surprised if this BBC story is in fact true:

The Bush administration made plans for war and for Iraq's oil before the 9/11 attacks, sparking a policy battle between neo-cons and Big Oil, BBC's Newsnight has revealed.

( The rest of the story )

Haven't seen this commented on yet in the blogosphere, but the night is yet young.

URL: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/4354269.stm