Some days things work out…
This morning I saw on HipChat messages from two folks at The Shop:
Chris M. said that you helped him to setup our new hardware. Guess what? I just ran a test ETL in new hardware, it is 5 times faster. The full MMS ETL cycle takes about 2-2.5 hours. In new server, it takes 0.5 hour. THANK YOU for whatever you helped Chris M. 🙂
-- Okji
and from Chris:
So, you were 100% right on the hardware specs for the Pentaho stuff.
Okji is running initial stuff now and it's insanely fast.
thank you for dealing with a stubborn asshat me through the ordeal and lighting a fire under my rear.
tbh I'd probably be flogging the dead virtualization horse at this point w/o that back and forth we had.
So yeah, thanks 🙂
-- Chris
I don't often have people sending me these kinds of notes for work I did for them. The problem was simple and obvious - to me, but if you have never seen the other way, you often think your way is the only way. I've seen it a million times. The point is to get them started, let them see, and then be very gracious when they thank you.
That last part is key.
You want to build up everyone - not just yourself. Help others feel good about what they did, and they will want to work with - or for - you again. It's simple. Who wants to be around someone that makes them feel bad about themselves? No one I know.
Interestingly enough, this is going to make things work a lot better for the short-term goals. There's a consultant at the shop, and this is going to make his Uber Plan much less attractive, and necessary.