by muirinho »
22 May 2019 14:31
Green tmesis Green Not sure about "simple", system migrations can be a minefield - just ask TSB.
If you are moving huge amounts of data, yes.
If you are just setting up contact details and pointing to an old account reference, no.
You'd be amazed tmesis, you'd be amazed. I've seen things from the trenches you wouldn't believe. Some proper horror stories with career changing injuries.
Things I have learnt from the software development trenches
(1) Clients are idiots
(2) Project managers are idiots
(3) Migration is always shit,
(4) It's never obvious how badly shit the migration is until it's too late
(5) Clients and project managers think migration should be straightforward. See points (1) and (2)
(6) Moving away from migration, and away from meeting clients = best career moves ever. Sadly haven't worked out how to ditch the PMs yet.