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Originally Posted by id10t
I have a feeling since Access is involved there is no one with real development skills and training.
Dev tools the other company has? Who cares. Determine data exchange method (sftp, http, etc? pull or push?, etc) and the format for the file(s) sent back and forth. If Company B is happy using a knitting needle and magnet to make 1 and 0s on their end, that isn't my problem as a dev on "our" end.
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When I said the other company, it was a merger so I apologize I was not clear there. They were asking what tools this developer was using since they were not producing results and they wanted to know if they even knew what they were doing, which everyone pretty much knows they don't.
The rest is not a direct reply.
The flat file comes from the other company in the same format and layout every time. If it isn't, it is supposed to be sent back.
Last night I found out this has been 16 months since the merger and the other company that was merged had been through over a dozen rounds of testing prior to the merger so this project has been going on well over 2.5 years.
For full disclosure, I have been in IT for decades so I was pretty sure this wasn't a big project but I wanted to make sure it wasn't just me. I am trying not to be biased here, but it is really hard.
I did offer to send some code examples to help them out. I did send my friend some examples as they are not really an IT person and I wanted to help them understand some of what was involved. They gave the opinion to the management prior to looking at the code that this project cannot be completed by the current team. After reviewing the code they said they would be confident the team could do it except for the lack of talent, knowledge and skill.