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A restroom epiphany
16:00:00 on 2005-01-18
I am standing in the bathroom emptying my brain and thinking about the current task before me — explore our Active Directory workstation structures, figure out what OU the different computer accounts belong in, and then place them in the right OUs. Normally, developers write VBscript to do this, but I am considering using Python instead. Then it hits me. Most people who work in Microsoft shops write their code in Visual Studio, do their scripting in VBscript, and their web stuff is built in IIS and ASP. Instead, I do my code in Delphi, do my scripting in Python and my web stuff in Apache and PHP. This doesn't make me contrary (although I often am) — it makes me hard to replace with a developer who knows Windows and my development environments. Truthfully? It's probably not a bad strategy. Most companies where you work in the IT department, they just want your stuff to work. Often, it doesn't matter how you implement it, as long as it meets that simple test of just working. However, if your tools are open-source or what you know and do is an uncommon skillset, then you're not in any danger of losing your gig. I don't feel so bad today, now.
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