DTS
Within 48 hours of hitting the ground in Chicago, I have found myself once again at the task I have so often proved my worth at -- writing and maintaining DTS Packages. Today I had a number of interesting assignments in Access and VB, not remotely related to anything in my BackOffice training, but were leverages by my coordinator to take the Visual Burden off some of our people and put it on somebody who could better handle it; i.e., me. So once again, I am delving into the SQLDOM and ADODB to dynamic rewrite and retarget DTS Packages. Who would have thought I'd use that skill twice?
I have also noticed that it is very difficult to get around Illinois without a car. Everything here is built under the assumption that everybody will be driving -- there are no sidewalks, even on major streets, and there are no walk-up ATMs. Every mailbox has one of the car extenders on it. I've had to walk through more drive-thrus since I got here than I've ever had to before, just to get basic tasks (i.e., banking, eating, etc) done. Remarkable.
I have also noticed that it is very difficult to get around Illinois without a car. Everything here is built under the assumption that everybody will be driving -- there are no sidewalks, even on major streets, and there are no walk-up ATMs. Every mailbox has one of the car extenders on it. I've had to walk through more drive-thrus since I got here than I've ever had to before, just to get basic tasks (i.e., banking, eating, etc) done. Remarkable.