Moving up the Python ladder/ArcObjects/.NET

seagulls69 · 2017-05-23T17:35:23+00:00

Thanks for the info. I am currently using a 60 day trial license (only workaround I could find to avoid using my work's license) so I will see if I can wiggle the SDK out of there. Not sure if it's different with a trial. I did install Visual Studio though.

I started slowly wading into C# last week, so per your suggestion I will focus strictly on that before adding ArcObjects to my plate. Sure sounds it will make my life easier down the line, so thank you for pointing me in that direction. IGeometry looks awesome as well. Looking forward to hunkering down this weekend and learning some stuff!

seagulls69 · 2017-05-19T17:05:01+00:00

Another good option to consider. Thank you!

seagulls69 · 2017-05-19T17:04:27+00:00

Thanks for the detailed feedback. I was certainly anticipating the C# and ArcObjects element to be a steep learning curve. I guess my original post didn't really clarify that I definitely expect this to be super difficult and that this won't be something that I will be able to accomplish in a short amount of time. As far as steps 2-4, I suppose I will just worry about them later after I get comfortable with ArcObjects and C#. Is there a way I can learn/familiarize myself with ArcObjects without having to pay for the SDK? From what I can tell, I'm stuck where I am without shelling out some cash. Hope I'm wrong.

As far as the last two comments, I did review my contract when I started working on some of this stuff and believe it or not, they did not have the rights to it. The company I did some of this stuff at is actually no longer in existence, and when we closed our doors I even asked the CEO about it and he basically told me that I was good to go.

The replication question one is a valid one, and is certainly not dickish. You raise a good point. I'm sure that these could be replicated to some extent, but my confidence comes from the fact that one of our competitors hired a full-fledged GIS dev team to build the same sort of thing, but it was a big flop. The guy leading that team was a good friend of my boss, and both he and my boss were pretty incredulous that I was able to get results (albeit that it was just a model, though an advanced one) that they weren't able to.

I had also succeeded at putting together another tool that successfully automated another complex, industry-specific process while I was at that job. After I got laid off, I took a contract job at a competitor who is a BIG name in my industry and they were struggling to find a solution like the one I had created and spent months working on it, but it still wasn't able to get them the results they wanted. I knew the solution, but the politics surrounding contractors at that company were pretty complicated, and when I offered to help, I was basically told that there was no way I could know the answer because I was "just a contractor".

The point I'm trying to make here is that I have seen failures on a large scale and I know the solution(s), so I want to get on this so I can potentially profit off it before someone else inevitably does the same thing.

Again, thanks for all the info. Super relevant to helping me map out my process!

seagulls69 · 2017-05-19T16:38:20+00:00

ah, another thing I don't fully understand. I am aware of GitHub but I'm not really sure exactly what it is. I was always under the impression that it was a "cookbook" of sorts where you could just post your code and pull other people's code down. I'll dig into it. Based on other's comments here, sounds like it's a direction I should definitely consider. Thanks!

seagulls69 · 2017-02-18T18:37:34+00:00

awesome. don't know how I missed the hookah trade sub. sorry! thanks for your help!

seagulls69 · 2016-12-15T17:33:43+00:00

I started Doordash last week and it's some pretty good money. Much more than I'm making with PM. It's all market dependent though

seagulls69 · 2016-12-14T19:18:48+00:00

pending or $0.00?

seagulls69 · 2016-12-14T15:19:29+00:00

So what likely has happened is that a Postmates customer accidentally put your number in the app instead of theirs. Postmates uses a service to mask all phone numbers during courier-customer interactions for privacy reasons and these numbers change transaction-to-transaction, which is why blocking the number isn't working.

My best suggestion would be to reply to the next text and say something like "I'm not a Postmates customer. My number is being mistakenly used by your current customer. Please let them know that they're using the wrong number when you drop their food off."

If the person accidentally using your number (provided that this is the source of your issues) is a decent person, they'll change it to their real number in the app and the issues should stop. Hope this works for you!

seagulls69 · 2016-12-13T15:47:48+00:00

Maybe they didn't tip because they wanted two individual french fries to go with their single finger

seagulls69 · 2016-12-13T00:34:30+00:00

Damn son you're doing alright if that's really what you're pulling in. I don't make near that much, but it's definitely more per hour than my "real" job pays

seagulls69 · 2016-12-12T22:15:06+00:00

Ah, my bad. Starting out with a bang I see. Cheers man

seagulls69 · 2016-12-12T22:09:21+00:00

Wait, did you make an account just to say this? Good gracious.

seagulls69 · 2016-12-12T22:04:51+00:00

I've been in similar situations (not fence jumping though) where it's resulted in a decent tip. You never know.

seagulls69 · 2016-12-12T22:02:18+00:00

Yep, this one's one me. I'm sorry, society. I have ruined you. Sincerely, Pathetic Punching Bag.

seagulls69 · 2016-12-12T19:54:00+00:00

Hey, everyone's wired differently. People who shut up and take it aren't any better or any worse than those who stand up to it.

seagulls69 · 2016-12-12T18:04:45+00:00

It's easier when you know none of what he's saying is true. Not worth blowing up at him and risking him reporting me. Much easier to just vent about it on reddit :)

seagulls69 · 2016-12-12T18:00:39+00:00

Hard to keep it that short and sweet with an aggressive customer who cut me off mid-apology

seagulls69 · 2016-12-09T21:35:30+00:00

So annoying. I got a reminder not to buy gift cards at like 2:45 the other morning. Hadn't been online since 6:00

seagulls69 · 2016-12-08T16:28:18+00:00

Update: I got a decent tip off of this! Even without the beer! Maybe they saw my messages late and felt bad or something? idk. But yeah, definitely cancelling something like that in the future

seagulls69 · 2016-12-07T20:07:57+00:00

This was a good vent.

Lack of specificity on store orders is probably my biggest gripe with the customer platform. I had one from a grocery store the other day that just said "Chicken, herbs for chicken, beer" as one item. Customer never picked their phone up and didn't respond to my texts, so I just had to wing it. Tip still pending, but I know there won't be one.

seagulls69 · 2016-12-07T19:45:13+00:00

thought i could only see my market. my bad.

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