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For 2023 (and 2024 ...) - we are now fully retired from IT training.
We have made many, many friends over 25 years of teaching about Python, Tcl, Perl, PHP, Lua, Java, C and C++ - and MySQL, Linux and Solaris/SunOS too. Our training notes are now very much out of date, but due to upward compatability most of our examples remain operational and even relevant ad you are welcome to make us if them "as seen" and at your own risk.

Lisa and I (Graham) now live in what was our training centre in Melksham - happy to meet with former delegates here - but do check ahead before coming round. We are far from inactive - rather, enjoying the times that we are retired but still healthy enough in mind and body to be active!

I am also active in many other area and still look after a lot of web sites - you can find an index ((here))
Woman screaming at me

An irate woman stood in front of me. "I want you to stop keeping my Darren behind and let him leave at the time that everyone else can go" she demanded.

School scene? No - this was at work, and Sharon had marched in, past the bemused receptionist and up to my desk, and Darren was her husband and not her son. The incident happened some 20 years ago, but it's still fresh in my mind.

I love having enthusiastic people working alongside me - it makes for a fabulous team, for a job well done, for a customer base that's happy and growing and it makes the job fun for all. And a motivated team member will look not only at their own role, but beyond it. They'll make those useful suggestions that make the whole machine more efficient, they'll notice those odd little extras that need doing, and quietly do them, and they'll be "worth their weight in gold". Ok - let me rephrase that - they'll be an asset that's worth paying very much over the odds for their participation.

I think that everyone has it in them to be an enthusiast - it just takes a while to find the right position sometimes, and sometimes there are going to be conflicts between different facets of someone's life. It's a question of finding a round peg for a round hole, and a square peg for a square hole. There's times that holes can be eased to suit a peg, and times that pegs can be shaved to fit (but, hey, I'm not in the peg-shaving business). And alas there are times that you find you've got a peg and you're left looking all over the board and having trouble finding a suitable hole.

Why was Sharon yelling at me? Was I punishing Darren like some naughty kid? No - he was a bit of an enthusiast - he designed us some amazing video mixing board was back in the '80s when such technology was in its infancy. And he loved to stop around after the end of his formal day and learn a little more of software which was new and intriguing to him; with his own office key he was stopping around, it turned out, long after the rest of us had headed for home.

There was a new, yelling baby at their little home. He could have headed off to the pub at 5, but that's not the sort of peg he was ... his learning more about his software was his hobby. Now that's the sort of team member who with just a little bit of guidance was a real asset to the team.

Sharon - thank you for shouting at me. You opened my eyes.
(written 2006-01-26, updated 2006-06-05)

 
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  [41] A Thousand and four words - (2004-09-07)
  [88] Getting the right level of trainer - (2004-10-14)
  [168] Welcoming Leah Davies to our team - (2005-01-04)
  [185] Who am I? - (2005-01-21)
  [371] The training team that's looking out for you - (2005-07-07)
  [393] Trainer answers phone - (2005-07-28)
  [862] 4 weeks to go - (2006-09-11)
  [895] Welcome, Martin - (2006-10-16)
  [972] Both one team and two - (2006-12-08)
  [1002] Meet the neighbours - (2006-12-20)
  [1065] Graham Ellis - an Introduction - (2007-02-05)
  [1083] Behind the scenes - (2007-02-17)
  [1141] A strong team broadens the professional coverage - (2007-04-10)
  [1324] Well House Manor appoints a General Manager - (2007-08-28)
  [2009] The Royal Mail Receipt - (2009-01-26)
  [2044] Please Trouble me - (2009-02-16)
  [2050] Why the Pony Tail? - (2009-02-21)
  [2164] Updating my public profile - Graham Ellis - (2009-05-09)
  [2566] Excellent staff make for excellent hotel - (2010-01-07)
  [2772] Graham Ellis - Summary of Training Record - (2010-05-21)
  [2775] Declarations of interest - knowing where you stand with people - (2010-05-22)
  [2934] Not so much software training - more hotel keeping! - (2010-08-25)
  [2960] The Well House team - September 2010 - (2010-09-19)
  [3051] Positively reforming the system - could it be done? - (2010-11-14)
  [3103] Thank you - and Happy Christmas - (2010-12-24)
  [3201] A change to the Well House team - thank you and good luck, Chris - (2011-03-14)
  [3212] Well House Manor - a home from home for the business and leisure guest in Melksham - (2011-03-26)
  [3311] Exhilarating day! - (2011-05-30)
  [3425] Our National Autograss Champion, from Melksham - (2011-09-08)
  [3460] Flying Colours! - (2011-09-28)
  [3490] How not to call when job seeking ... - (2011-10-20)
  [3586] Emergency First Aid Provision at Well House Manor - part of the service - (2012-01-19)
  [3961] Well House Staff Party - (2012-12-22)
  [4189] Who are we - Lisa, Graham, Gypsy and Billy - (2013-10-07)
  [4227] Happy Christmas from the Well House Manor team - (2013-12-25)


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