Finally . . .a GO-LIVE . . . nearly a month after we started the process . .

A rough and bumpy ride this has been. Last night wasn't any better as we faced another "last minute" problem . . . one of the processes I wrote died an ugly death night when they were trying to run the nightly schedule of processes for the first time. With 4 of us on the phone trying to figure out what went wrong, a more serious problem was discovered with the data . . . and all the questions immediately started about "what didn't you do??", "what did you do??", "didn't you check blah blah??" . . . I got so upset that I almost hung up the phone after I said "guess I don't know what I am doing so why don't you guys figure it out". Turns out the the problem data coming in wasn't from my process at all . . . a bug in another process was sending the same type of invalid transactions that my process picked up last week!!! Anyway, someone else has to look into that one now. But the stress has been getting to everyone and they are sounding mean to me!!! It is sad, because I have worked with a couple of these guys for a long time and haven't seen this before . . . this project has been getting to everyone . . . of course, it doesn't help that they are in Detroit this week and sitting on the front lines . . . glad I am not there , but still wish they would think before they speak. AND not go to the bar to drink the night before go-live . . . hate to say that one, but it bothered me because I think the alcohol makes it harder for them to handle the stress . . . not easier..