I was told to interview him only for cultural/team fit, in a separate and shorter interview, and I had to push to get that.
Manager wanted to be the one who interviewed for technical ability - all alone. New guy interviewed very well, and I liked him a lot. Just one more reason why I'm not happy with my manager, and will be leaving as soon as I find the right job... Kurt On Mon, Apr 8, 2013 at 7:17 PM, Jon Harris <jk.har...@live.com> wrote: > If you had anything to do with the hiring of the young pup then take partial > credit for being smart enough to know talent when you see it. If not then > watch your back he may be really good. > > Jon >> Date: Mon, 8 Apr 2013 18:57:39 -0700 >> Subject: Re: RESOLVED: Excel 2010 problem - can't quite figure it out >> From: kurt.b...@gmail.com >> To: ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com > >> >> Absolutely - but I had to very unseriously threaten to kick his butt >> for showing me up in front of customers. :-o >> >> Kurt >> >> On Mon, Apr 8, 2013 at 6:32 PM, Robert Cato <cato.rob...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > >> > That was a good hire and a big win for him on the first day. >> > >> > >> > On Mon, Apr 8, 2013 at 8:06 PM, Kurt Buff <kurt.b...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> >> >> The young pup whose first day was today opened it in compatibility >> >> mode, did a Save As and it worked, then closed Excel and tried it in >> >> native mode, and it worked again. >> >> >> >> Gotta love having a new set of eyes on a problem. >> >> >> >> Don't know what root cause was, but it's a win, and I'll take it. >> >> >> >> Kurt >> >> >> >> On Mon, Apr 8, 2013 at 6:14 AM, Miller Bonnie L. >> >> <mille...@mukilteo.wednet.edu> wrote: >> >> > Have you tried starting Excel with no add-ins as well (safemode)? >> >> > Should be a /s on the command line. >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/excel-help/command-line-switches-for-excel-HA010158030.aspx >> >> > >> >> > -----Original Message----- >> >> > From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com] >> >> > Sent: Saturday, April 06, 2013 4:28 PM >> >> > To: NT System Admin Issues >> >> > Subject: Re: Excel 2010 problem - can't quite figure it out >> >> > >> >> > I will try that, and let you know on Monday. >> >> > >> >> > Kurt >> >> > >> >> > On Sat, Apr 6, 2013 at 1:56 PM, Orland, Kathleen <korl...@rogers.com> >> >> > wrote: >> >> >> Book.xltx is the name of the template. The location should be in the >> >> >> XLSTART folder in Office. If not, then try this in VBE >> >> >> : >> >> >> >> >> >> Press [Alt]+[F11] to launch the VBE. >> >> >> If the Immediate window isn’t visible, press [Ctrl]+g. >> >> >> In the Immediate window, type ? application.StartupPath and press >> >> >> Enter. VBA will display the path to XLStart. >> >> >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> >> >> From: Terry Dickson [mailto:te...@treasurer.state.ks.us] >> >> >> Sent: Saturday, April 06, 2013 2:07 PM >> >> >> To: NT System Admin Issues >> >> >> Subject: Re: Excel 2010 problem - can't quite figure it out >> >> >> >> >> >> I forget what it is called in 2010 but if you delete the default >> >> >> Excel >> >> >> Template and let Excel create a new one next time the user opens it. >> >> >> We >> >> >> have not had this problem since 2007 but in 2003 it was common. 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