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More than you ever really wanted to know. ( about me )
While I was still an industrial electrician I learned to program with BASIC ( which I later learned to hate ), 'C' ( which I love ), and PLC Ladder Logic. All mostly self taught. I think this was a...
Been there. There's no debugger for Operator Headspace problem.
I always build the user flow/interface first, engine(s) second, then everything else in-between. There's still no excaping Operator Headspace.
MarkJFine wrote:
I always build the user flow/interface first, engine(s) second, then everything else in-between. There's still no excaping Operator Headspace.
Actually, most our operators were pretty good. I think a lot of the time everybody was just stumped as to what the real problem was, and they knew that I could connect to the plant from home, and many times tell them the solution.
Usually took me less than a half hour, but I charged them two hours overtime. There were nights I could have charged them 24 hours overtime in a single night. The company would have gladly paid it, but I never charged more than eight.
BTW I was one of those lucky people who were straight salary but still got evertime pay also.
Haven't worked in over fourteen years. I still have dreams about it though.
ALONE, adj. In bad company.The Devils Dictionary
