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Descartex

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udg said:
Eheh.. we're a bit older than you
Any claim on the teenager?
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Teenagers call me "Sir" at the queue of the supermarket...
 

udg

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Let them call you "Sir", free the seat, show respect for your supposed "jurassic" age, then compete in your favourite sport letting them ask themselves how it happened you won. I did it myself with great pleasure 'till about 35yo (excluding the ones practicing at the agonistic level, obviously). Today winning a challenge is becoming a bit unrealistic, but from time to time.. eheh
 

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1985 -> Insurance merchant <1991> *suddenly some kind of magic happened here* <1992> Developer (Input management. Scanning, ICR/OCR, databases, workflow, etc. (yep, 25 years ago) <2000> Group leader -> Project manager -> Group works council -> B4x developing just 4 fun with a dream of having an app with 1 billion downloads
 

ac9ts

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I design test equipment for printed circuit boards. I do the hardware, embedded software, and mechanical fixture design. One man show for the company I work for.
 
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My learned profession is farmer and winemaker, today i try to make the farm in 10 % of my time. I started with computer in 1982, i am completly self-taught.
Iin 1985 i programmed one of the first notebook applications for nutrification of pigs for a corporation with linear optimization. Since then i created many programs for winemakers, butchers, foresters and meat wholesalers. Currently my 16 year old son is outperforming me enormously, he learned c++ in an unbelievable short time - six weeks after his first contact with c++ he was able to replace math.h with his own version! Today he creates his first multithreading program, because his new self built computer with AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X with 32 threads makes a big difference: 1:32 in speed.
 

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Interesting, I have been given the task to write a Business Operations Manual for our company to get accreditation with a scheme that governs the intruder security sector. I have very little idea of what a Business Operations Manual should look like. Would you happen to have a basic template / example?

Long shot I know but I thought it was worth asking.

Cheers
 

Ferbis

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I’m a Project Manager for a multinational company in the banking sector. I have always loved programming and b4x gives me the chance to do something great. Currently I’m doing it as a hobby but who knows in the future.
 

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Unfortunately there isn't a single "best" template / example that fits all sizes of business. For example, a small business might want to include content like the following: http://www.glennsmithcoaching.com/create-operations-manual-business/ in a Manual that might run to 50-100 pages or more. For a larger or a multi-national business, that scope of content would result in a Manual thousands of pages long in order to cover all functions and their country-specific implementation; Or there may be multiple Operations Manuals, one for the overall company and one for each country (where the country manual documents the country-specific implementations).

The best I can offer is to ask a question back - for the specific accreditation your company needs, does the scheme itself have guidelines about what should be in the Business Operations Manual? Or even better, does the scheme offer a template or examples that show what the accreditation process expects to be documented?
 

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I'm a time served engineer with a degree in Electrical & Electronic Engineering. I work in automotive manufacturing and project manage a variety of projects ranging from small process improvements to installing new production lines costing several millions. What I prefer most is working with the many six axis robots used within our manufacturing processes and programming the PLC and Vision Systems.
I class myself as a 'Jack off all trades, master of none' as I program so many different languages/systems as listed below...
  • Vision systems - Cognex / Keyence / National Instruments
  • Ladder Logic - Allen Bradley / Mitsubishi / Siemens / Omron (each having their own particular quarks)
  • STL - Siemens statement list
  • FBD - Siemens function block diagram
  • AS - Kawasaki's language for robots
  • KRC - Kuka's language for robots
  • MCS-51Assembly - Also known as machine code for Intel 8051
  • PL-M - High level compiler for the MCS-51
  • VB6 & VBA - Visual Basic
  • C++ - At a very basic level
  • Python - Self taught
  • SQL - Experience with various databases
  • HTML - Self taught using Note Pad (Why would you???)
  • B4A - Hobby & fun
  • B4PPC - Long time now forgotten
I wouldn't claim to be a specialist in any of the above but I can apply myself well enough to get by reasonably well. My work is as much a hobby as it is a full time job. I love the variety of my work and the opportunity to 'play' with robots and vision systems on a regular basis.
 

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barx said:
I'm an electrician
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I do the payroll for electricians (pole climbers, aka crazy people, but still electricians).
 

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OliverA said:
I do the payroll for electricians (pole climbers, aka crazy people, but still electricians).
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As in Linesmen? They probably get more money in danger money than I do salary, lol
 

b4xscripter

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Architect and Lead Software Engineer in a medium-sized company.
Node.js, MongoDB, ArangoDB, Javascript, Bootstrap. All this fits perfectly to my Android / iOS programming passion.
 

Ed Brown

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For the last 20+ years I've been a full-time software developer and DBA. The last 2+ years I have been working for a pharmaceuticals distribution company in the same role. Software development has been a hobby for the last 37 years - I guess I am one of the lucky few that have a hobby that I like and a job that fits the hobby.
 
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Software developer. As a hobby starting on Apple II, then Mac. Professionally, as in being paid for it shortly after. Almost done with the career and soon it will be back to only as a hobby.
 

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Among you there is no philanthropic billionaire .... I'm sorry about this

Maybe he would have hired us all to develop the app of our dreams
 
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Long time ago, I was a copywriter. Then an Android app developer (with B4A) then a businessman and now a crypto miner/trader. Programming is always my favorite hobby.
 

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Johan Schoeman said:
I am a trainee USD millionaire. I am currently working on my 750th million. The first 749 efforts were an absolute disaster....
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at least you have a USD million.

Accountant "almost".
Health related. "currently working"
Developer. "hobby"
Crypto miner/trader. "hobby"
 
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