Mates rates; services you can offer other forumites

optimisticbiker

CREATIVE
SmellTheGlove German to English translation of engineering and technical specs, reports etc, but have also tackled websites, books and similar less heavyweight material.
whitebait01 Jazz function band, bass guitar/upright bass player for hire (live/studio).

EDUCATION
PBo Private tuition in science - secondary school inc. A level, but I've also done booster work with Y6 girl before she started secondary. North London area.
Bompington jack of all trades, can help with physically restraining 15yos having toddler tantrums, highly experienced in getting spat at, sworn at and kicked, impervious to the sound of doors slamming or personal insults, can fix up networks with duct tape and trial & error, bears user incompetence and idiocy to a nearly infinite level while letting comments to the tune of "your ********** computer's broken" waft right past him, also does some teaching when the opportunity occasionally arises.
See also creative - after over 20 years of practice can now play the intro to Money for Nothing almost properly

FINANCIAL

GENERAL
SimonAH Woodwork and cabinet making; design and build small items of bespoke furniture.
SimonAH Welding (MIG) and general engineering.
Veronese68. Happy to help with general tinkering if I can. Car, bicycle or motorcycle.
Gussio Bike maintenance workspace in Richmond - happy for others to use if they are space-constrained
ddraver Reservoir characterisation and exploration. Analysis, descriptions and geological interpretations of core and wireline logs, RCA data, petrographic and advanced diagenetic analysis data. Studies may cover single or multi well datasets.
Pangolin Own and can use a sewing machine.

IT & TECHNOLOGY
Mudcow007 I'm an IT nerd an I like things with wires in gimmie a shout if you need anything, i can hook you up
Jay dubbleU Now retired but 20 years experience in GIS (Geographical Information Systems)
OptimisticBiker eCommerce and distributed systems architect/consultant. Background in electronics & mech eng, so privately I also write bespoke software and prototype electronic/mechatronic thingummybobs for people that have good ideas but no idea how to design/engineer them.
itboffin - guess what? well 25 years in all areas of IT/Internet/SaaS and now e-commerce architecture (1 in every 50 transactions) - the stories i could but wont tell
cyclingprop IT infrastructure Architecture, Datacentre design, Infrastructure governance and technical delivery management. IT project management. Process analysis and redesign. Drinking lots of coffee and diet coke.

LEGAL
Asprilla - Can provide watertight alibis at short notice.

LEISURE
mrc1 - Le Domestique Tours - Cycling tours in the Alps and Pyrenees and UK team race days.
Greg66 - Condo rental in Whistler. Skiing & stuff in winter (duh!) and MTB'g/road biking/golf/walking/general R&R stuff in summer.
RickChasey Coxing (for any of you rowers out there).


RECRUITMENT

RETAIL
Veronese68 Parts for Triumph, MG, Mini and MX5, oh and Moggy Minor.

THERAPY
cyclingprop A healthy dose of MTFU, cynicism or sarcasm. You choose which.[/quote]

asprilla

Well if we are taking it seriously....

CREATIVE
SmellTheGlove German to English translation of engineering and technical specs, reports etc, but have also tackled websites, books and similar less heavyweight material.
whitebait01 Jazz function band, bass guitar/upright bass player for hire (live/studio).

EDUCATION
PBo Private tuition in science - secondary school inc. A level, but I've also done booster work with Y6 girl before she started secondary. North London area.
Bompington jack of all trades, can help with physically restraining 15yos having toddler tantrums, highly experienced in getting spat at, sworn at and kicked, impervious to the sound of doors slamming or personal insults, can fix up networks with duct tape and trial & error, bears user incompetence and idiocy to a nearly infinite level while letting comments to the tune of "your ********** computer's broken" waft right past him, also does some teaching when the opportunity occasionally arises.
See also creative - after over 20 years of practice can now play the intro to Money for Nothing almost properly

FINANCIAL

GENERAL
SimonAH Woodwork and cabinet making; design and build small items of bespoke furniture.
SimonAH Welding (MIG) and general engineering.
Veronese68. Happy to help with general tinkering if I can. Car, bicycle or motorcycle.
Gussio Bike maintenance workspace in Richmond - happy for others to use if they are space-constrained
ddraver Reservoir characterisation and exploration. Analysis, descriptions and geological interpretations of core and wireline logs, RCA data, petrographic and advanced diagenetic analysis data. Studies may cover single or multi well datasets.
Pangolin Own and can use a sewing machine.

IT & TECHNOLOGY
Mudcow007 I'm an IT nerd an I like things with wires in gimmie a shout if you need anything, i can hook you up
Jay dubbleU Now retired but 20 years experience in GIS (Geographical Information Systems)
OptimisticBiker eCommerce and distributed systems architect/consultant. Background in electronics & mech eng, so privately I also write bespoke software and prototype electronic/mechatronic thingummybobs for people that have good ideas but no idea how to design/engineer them.
itboffin - guess what? well 25 years in all areas of IT/Internet/SaaS and now e-commerce architecture (1 in every 50 transactions) - the stories i could but wont tell
cyclingprop IT infrastructure Architecture, Datacentre design, Infrastructure governance and technical delivery management. IT project management. Process analysis and redesign. Drinking lots of coffee and diet coke.
Asprilla I can ask stakeholders what they want and then go and tell developers what to build.

LEGAL


LEISURE
mrc1 - Le Domestique Tours - Cycling tours in the Alps and Pyrenees and UK team race days.
Greg66 - Condo rental in Whistler. Skiing & stuff in winter (duh!) and MTB'g/road biking/golf/walking/general R&R stuff in summer.
RickChasey Coxing (for any of you rowers out there).


RECRUITMENT

RETAIL
Veronese68 Parts for Triumph, MG, Mini and MX5, oh and Moggy Minor.

THERAPY
cyclingprop A healthy dose of MTFU, cynicism or sarcasm. You choose which.[/quote][/quote]

clarkey cat

Heh - no-one will admit to being a lawyer.

clarkey cat

or a recruitment agent!

UndercoverElephant

Hardly a surprise, though is it. You need mates to offer mate's rates. :twisted:

asprilla

clarkey cat wrote:

Heh - no-one will admit to being a lawyer.

I think it's fact the title includes 'mate's rates' and you are all worried about suggesting some kind of discount.

clarkey cat

I have mates! I just call them something different: 'clients'

I also have best mates...

I call them: 'potential clients'

bigmat

Lawyers and recreuitment consultants are both fecking useless to the general public. If I had a skill, I'd be doing that instead...

pangolin

Are we listing things we could do that might conceivably be of use to each other, or just our professions?

If it's the latter I need to change sewing to Business Analyst, but I suspect none of you want mates rates for that.

@ SimonAH - Do you have your own workshop or do you use some other space somewhere for woodwork? I looked into getting back into this having not done any since A level DT, but couldn't find any evening type courses nearby to do it. Any ideas?

SimonAH

Hi Pangolin,

I have my own workshop behind my house, haven't got any advice for you I'm afraid, although there are co-ops out there.

The intention was for folk to list things that they can do for others on the forum. For some this will be the same as their profession, for others not. For example in the real world I sell high tech coating equipment and materials - not listing that as fairly unlikely any of you are in the process of overhauling a jet engine....then again who knows?

clarkey cat

In that case... I have no skills outside of the (questionable) ones I use at work.

London restaurant recommendations maybe...?

asprilla

pangolin wrote:

If it's the latter I need to change sewing to Business Analyst, but I suspect none of you want mates rates for that.

I've already listed that: Asking stakeholders what they want and then walking over to the devs to repeat what they said.

clarkey cat

classic lack of self-awareness from a BA there Asprilla.

think you meant:

"walking over to the devs to repeat what I thinkthey said."

asprilla

clarkey cat wrote:

classic lack of self-awareness from a BA there Asprilla.

think you meant:

"walking over to the devs to repeat what I thinkthey said."

I'm a product owner now, so I ask the devs to write what I think is right and then tell the client it's what they need.

clarkey cat

I like product owners. They are usually the only people in the business who know what is going on.

Other than the lawyers that is.

optimisticbiker

Asprilla wrote:

clarkey cat wrote:

classic lack of self-awareness from a BA there Asprilla.

think you meant:

"walking over to the devs to repeat what I thinkthey said."

I'm a product owner now, so I ask the devs to write what I think is right and then tell the client it's what they need.

Do you do that in an Agile way ?

pangolin

Asprilla wrote:

pangolin wrote:

If it's the latter I need to change sewing to Business Analyst, but I suspect none of you want mates rates for that.

I've already listed that: Asking stakeholders what they want and then walking over to the devs to repeat what they said.

Hehe, yeah that's kind of my point though Asprilla. No-one on the forum is going to need us to do that at a reduced rate are they? Well maybe, but it's quite unlikely.

SimonAH wrote:

Hi Pangolin,

I have my own workshop behind my house, haven't got any advice for you I'm afraid, although there are co-ops out there.

The intention was for folk to list things that they can do for others on the forum. For some this will be the same as their profession, for others not. For example in the real world I sell high tech coating equipment and materials - not listing that as fairly unlikely any of you are in the process of overhauling a jet engine....then again who knows?

Thought about giving lessons?

asprilla

OptimisticBiker wrote:

Asprilla wrote:

clarkey cat wrote:

classic lack of self-awareness from a BA there Asprilla.

think you meant:

"walking over to the devs to repeat what I thinkthey said."

I'm a product owner now, so I ask the devs to write what I think is right and then tell the client it's what they need.

Do you do that in an Agile way ?

If you mean do I avoid writing anything down, then yes.

asprilla

Oh, double post!

optimisticbiker

Asprilla wrote:

OptimisticBiker wrote:

Asprilla wrote:

clarkey cat wrote:

classic lack of self-awareness from a BA there Asprilla.

think you meant:

"walking over to the devs to repeat what I thinkthey said."

I'm a product owner now, so I ask the devs to write what I think is right and then tell the client it's what they need.

Do you do that in an Agile way ?

If you mean do I avoid writing anything down, then yes.

strange, thats what my BAs seem to do too

asprilla

OptimisticBiker wrote:

Asprilla wrote:

OptimisticBiker wrote:

Asprilla wrote:

clarkey cat wrote:

classic lack of self-awareness from a BA there Asprilla.

think you meant:

"walking over to the devs to repeat what I thinkthey said."

I'm a product owner now, so I ask the devs to write what I think is right and then tell the client it's what they need.

Do you do that in an Agile way ?

If you mean do I avoid writing anything down, then yes.

strange, thats what my BAs seem to do too

TBH, I rock at specification by example; I write my acceptance criteria in Gherkin and am big fan of breaking it down to the unit test level before any development even starts. It means the complexity of any task should be 1 when estimating because you've broken it down in to a small enough test to code against.

rjsterry

Remind me not to invite you guys for a dinner party, I'm sure the banter would be riveting :P

I may be calling the kettle black here

veronese68

rjsterry wrote:

Remind me not to invite you guys for a dinner party, I'm sure the banter would be riveting :P

I may be calling the kettle black here

They probably wouldn't want to come because you'd eat all the food. Assuming I recall correctly from another thread, apologies if not

notsoblue

Veronese68 wrote:

rjsterry wrote:

Remind me not to invite you guys for a dinner party, I'm sure the banter would be riveting :P

I may be calling the kettle black here

They probably wouldn't want to come because you'd eat all the food. Assuming I recall correctly from another thread, apologies if not

Yeah, RJS, you bloater

rjsterry

notsoblue wrote:

Veronese68 wrote:

rjsterry wrote:

Remind me not to invite you guys for a dinner party, I'm sure the banter would be riveting :P

I may be calling the kettle black here

They probably wouldn't want to come because you'd eat all the food. Assuming I recall correctly from another thread, apologies if not

Yeah, RJS, you bloater

<munch, munch> Pardon?

clarkey cat

bloat-ah

asprilla

rjsterry wrote:

Remind me not to invite you guys for a dinner party, I'm sure the banter would be riveting :P

I may be calling the kettle black here

Work stays at work (I was at work when writing this). If you ask my wife what I do for a living she'd tell you I do 'stuff in IT for media companies'.

veronese68

My wife thinks I make lewd comments and talk sh1t for a living. But then she did work here so she knows as well as anyone.

clarkey cat

My wife thinks Im working late tonight.

noodles71

SmellTheGlove German to English translation of engineering and technical specs, reports etc, but have also tackled websites, books and similar less heavyweight material.
whitebait01 Jazz function band, bass guitar/upright bass player for hire (live/studio).

EDUCATION
PBo Private tuition in science - secondary school inc. A level, but I've also done booster work with Y6 girl before she started secondary. North London area.
Bompington jack of all trades, can help with physically restraining 15yos having toddler tantrums, highly experienced in getting spat at, sworn at and kicked, impervious to the sound of doors slamming or personal insults, can fix up networks with duct tape and trial & error, bears user incompetence and idiocy to a nearly infinite level while letting comments to the tune of "your ********** computer's broken" waft right past him, also does some teaching when the opportunity occasionally arises.
See also creative - after over 20 years of practice can now play the intro to Money for Nothing almost properly

FINANCIAL
noodles71 I can price pretty much any financial instrument and find out detailed data for most (after 30 mins to keep to the rules). I'd get a serious butt kicking though if it were not just for personal use. Anything IT infrastructure related too I can help, from laptops to server clusters and associated network bits.

GENERAL
SimonAH Woodwork and cabinet making; design and build small items of bespoke furniture.
SimonAH Welding (MIG) and general engineering.
Veronese68. Happy to help with general tinkering if I can. Car, bicycle or motorcycle.
Gussio Bike maintenance workspace in Richmond - happy for others to use if they are space-constrained
ddraver Reservoir characterisation and exploration. Analysis, descriptions and geological interpretations of core and wireline logs, RCA data, petrographic and advanced diagenetic analysis data. Studies may cover single or multi well datasets.
Pangolin Own and can use a sewing machine.

IT
Mudcow007 I'm an IT nerd an I like things with wires in gimmie a shout if you need anything, i can hook you up
Jay dubbleU Now retired but 20 years experience in GIS (Geographical Information Systems)
OptimisticBiker - also in IT but background in electronics, so I do prototyping of electronic/mechatronic thingummybobs for people that have good ideas but no idea how to design/engineer them.
itboffin - guess what? well 25 years in all areas of IT/Internet/SaaS and now e-commerce architecture (1 in every 50 transactions) - the stories i could but wont tell
cyclingprop IT infrastructure Architecture, Datacentre design, Infrastructure governance and technical delivery management. IT project management. Process analysis and redesign. Drinking lots of coffee and diet coke.

LEGAL
Asprilla - Can provide watertight alibis at short notice.

LEISURE
mrc1 - Le Domestique Tours - Cycling tours in the Alps and Pyrenees and UK team race days.
Greg66 - Condo rental in Whistler. Skiing & stuff in winter (duh!) and MTB'g/road biking/golf/walking/general R&R stuff in summer.
RickChasey Coxing (for any of you rowers out there).


RECRUITMENT

RETAIL
Veronese68 Parts for Triumph, MG, Mini and MX5, oh and Moggy Minor.

THERAPY
cyclingprop A healthy dose of MTFU, cynicism or sarcasm. You choose which.