<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 8:30 PM, Sherwood McGowan <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:sherwood.mcgowan@gmail.com">sherwood.mcgowan@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
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+1 from me too. The other thing is that when you answer to say the problem has been solved this goes into the archives meaning that people can use Google to answer their own questions rather than having to even ask the list.<br>
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There have been times when I've searched for a solution to a problem, found like 10 answers, and nobody has said whether they work or not so you have to try all of them.<br>
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Cheers,<br>
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Matt Riddell<br clear="all"></blockquote></div><br></div>Believe me mate, I feel you, on that note. Not only because of my time
when I was asking more questions than I was answering, but also from the
standpoint of wishing the answers were a little more prevalent for the
searching party to find so that I didn't see soooo many repeats on the
list ;-) <br>
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Cheers guys!<div><div></div><div class="h5"><br>-- <br>Sherwood McGowan<br>Telecommunications and VOIP Consultant<br><br></div></div></blockquote><div><br>-1<br><br>Since I was the number 1 poster on this list a couple of years ago, I think I can speak with some authority.<br>
<br>I just assume that if that person does not ask any more questions, that they have either solved the problem on their own, or I helped them by giving the answer or steering them to it. <br><br>I don't need a public or private "Thank You" When I was posting all the time, I figured the ratio of "Thank you" emails to silence to be about 20 to 1, maybe as high as 50 to 1.<br>
<br>People are busy, under a deadline or whatever, I offer help and do not expect anything in return, not even a thank you. Probably because I have and will be one of those people, although my questions are usually a little over the top for the list or can be pointed to something in bugtracker, I have asked many questions when I was stuck and under an all nighter deadline.<br>
<br>I would like to thank anyone out there that has helped me over the many, many years dealing with Asterisk and VoIP. It is a blanket thank you for all times I simply moved onto then next hurdle to get my deliverables out on time and working properly and neglected to post a thank you.<br>
<br>Before there was any documentation, voip-info amd this list was my savior. The volume of traffic has fallen to almost nothing over the last year or two.<br><br>I wonder if Digium could post totals as it did when I was shocked to find my name as the #1 poster. It would be cool to see who is the #1 poster now, but I am more interested in what I perceive to be a huge fall off of posting.<br>
<br>It could be my email server, since I was getting notices from the list about excessive email bounces and removing me if I did not click a link. That seems to have stopped, and I don't think it was on my side.<br>
<br>Back to getting credit or a thank you.<br><br>What I have received by answering questions or helping to troubleshoot is worth way more than a thank you. I get some name recognition, paid work, large call centers, Sr Positions in high profile jobs. Enough to make a nice living, whether I am independent or in a salaried position. Asterisk has literally taken me all over the world. My last trip was to Iraq, but I have been to Senegal, Sierra Leone, Guinea, Ghana, Liberia to help rebuild the infrastructure for USAID. <br>
<br>I don't really do job searches, I am usually offered a job or project and approached by the client.<br><br>For the Dept of State, I set up prepaid call centers to answer questions and getting a reservation at the various Embassies about obtaining a visa to come to the US. It is called the US visa Information Service <br>
<br>For DoD/Dos, I cannot really say much except I can say is that I am probably one of the few Asterisk people that were issued a Glock and M4, bullet proof vests, armored cars, and a PSD team.. How many VoIP guys were taking ak47 rounds while I was on top of the Iraqi Government building, setting up the Motorola Canopy system. Luckily the AK is no sniper rifle by an means. I was in IZ and the shooter was in the redzone.<br>
<br>I don't need thank yous, although they are nice. I truly have never expected anything when offering help or ideas.<br><br>I do see why someone "should" be thanked, even if for nothing more than trying to help, and certainly a resolution to the problem for the archives, but I am not holding my breath. <br>
<br>Additionally, having multiple possible answers is not a bad thing. A similar symptom could be caused by many different things. Having several different answers is a great help to me.<br><br>At least there are many possible answers to try. Judging by who was involved in any archived thread, I can usually pick the correct answer the first time.<br>
<br>Thanks for listening to my perspective, <br>Steve T<br></div></div>