. Turns out I had to do some HTML tweaking for one of my projects and the only reason why I decided to learn some basic HTML Back in the Day was because of my fics and Geocities. So thank you fandom and then later LJ for making me learn something that is now useful in my job.
<g> I'm kind of the opposite. HTML is useful for LJ and AO3 and ASR3, but it means I know enough to realize that the programs we are required to use for keeping our Special Ed school records and for reporting the therapy of our Medicaid-eligible students are Pieces. Of. Crap. I know they could be so much more user-friendly, but the developers don't have to use them, and don't give a damn. When both programs were introduced -- years apart -- the users were invited to make suggestions for improvement. I submitted several each time. You can guess how many showed up in the programs. (Any number greater than 0 is too high.)
I should have known when my first suggestion with the first program was 'make the font of the printouts larger'. The response was that it was 'too difficult' to do. Buh? <font="whatever" size="x"> Maybe it has to be coded for each page (about 18 in that program), but still... I can't adequately express my rage and frustration. And nothing to do but suck it up and deal. *pouts*
But, it's great that your job is going so good. Wishing you much success ahead. .
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Date: 2010-11-10 01:30 am (UTC)Turns out I had to do some HTML tweaking for one of my projects and the only reason why I decided to learn some basic HTML Back in the Day was because of my fics and Geocities. So thank you fandom and then later LJ for making me learn something that is now useful in my job.
<g> I'm kind of the opposite. HTML is useful for LJ and AO3 and ASR3, but it means I know enough to realize that the programs we are required to use for keeping our Special Ed school records and for reporting the therapy of our Medicaid-eligible students are Pieces. Of. Crap. I know they could be so much more user-friendly, but the developers don't have to use them, and don't give a damn. When both programs were introduced -- years apart -- the users were invited to make suggestions for improvement. I submitted several each time. You can guess how many showed up in the programs. (Any number greater than 0 is too high.)
I should have known when my first suggestion with the first program was 'make the font of the printouts larger'. The response was that it was 'too difficult' to do. Buh? <font="whatever" size="x"> Maybe it has to be coded for each page (about 18 in that program), but still... I can't adequately express my rage and frustration. And nothing to do but suck it up and deal. *pouts*
But, it's great that your job is going so good. Wishing you much success ahead.
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