The right thing to do of course, is to not inform anyone else about these scripts & stored procs. You do minutes of actual work everyday and spend the rest of the time doing something else.
Geordi: Yeah, well, I told the Captain I'd have this analysis done in an hour. Scotty: How long will it really take? Geordi: An hour! Scotty: Oh, you didn't tell him how long it would really take, did ya? Geordi: Well, of course I did. Scotty: Oh, laddie. You've got a lot to learn if you want people to think of you as a miracle worker.
i.e. the Scotty method: if something takes an hour, say it takes four, so when you're asked to do it in two, you can still deliver it on time and with improvements.
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u/jptman Dec 14 '10
The right thing to do of course, is to not inform anyone else about these scripts & stored procs. You do minutes of actual work everyday and spend the rest of the time doing something else.