I do not try to hide that I mostly try to work together with other experts. Working with someone on a similar skill level has somewhat relieving. And finally when you have taken the first two or three challenges together, working with them often turns out into some pleasure.

All the info and little hints you need and require for a successful and winning work and result are there! Given instantly without the need to ask  and communication in general is reducing to a necessary minimum.

My personal indicator for reaching such a level is the moment when you start to carry on second more personal conversation besides. Over all stress work is coming with, the easy chatting besides helps to deal with stress and timelines … at least for me it does!

Now since a while the audience you met when overtaking new projects has changed dramatically. Folks you know from earlier and value for their thoughtful cooperation once, today are often lost within specialities or suffering like you under a big workload not being able to help anymore.

So there more and more a new generation is coming to act. New "green" folks and so called Application Owner mostly not having any background about the underlaying system and techniques and often only being trained within their application, it’s business requirement and the general dealing and working with it

As a result out of that I often get a requests in a way … Can you do that and that for me please? Best at night when I’m at home!

Grrrr … I really hate these mindless emails! What do they think? … Nothing I guess?!

But the more I hate that their emails mostly even miss all necessary details like server, account and login details and so on.
Or best! Sometimes and even better appear like a new written bible containing 20 or so forwarded email by people which does not really more have to say …. forcing to to read through all just to figure out about you still NEED to know.

Oh damned! Give my back my loved professionals I really enjoy working with please!

Asking?! Asking for a tip, an advise or finally a helping hand in general is nothing bad. There is always a “better” one knowing more than you, or someone who can do more easily like you.

I generally like people being able to ask - and therefore showing a personal weakness (other perhaps someone would say a “leak” of knowledge) - and, as friends of me are certainly are able to confirm, like helping as long I’m able to do …. At the end no one is perfect and has eaten skills with spoons all day …

Right recently I had a good example about, how two professional can talk and exchange themself about techniques and personal experiences, within a win/win situation and with a few close friends I do since years in a pleasant and winning atmosphere for each …. It is a respectful giving and taking right in the direction the “need appears”.

But I also in general recognise that the number of people lurking around and generally just taking is growing more and more. Lately there was really a fellow on an internet list asking about how to wrap lines in a webpage ….

Tell me!! When I can spend effort reading or learning about techniques or searching for an information on the net … Why can’t others do similar?

When the 3rd result line of a basic query on Google returns the answer to a question of someone for me …. Why not for them?!

Really, this is something turning me grumpy, seeing people rather not making any effort in general!

Thanks god there are also different natures and I really appreciate working with them and if necessary even spending time offlist with them trying to figure out about some problem together … Tomorrow I could be the one needing an answer!