And so it begins

[mike_l]

This morning I get on a plane and head to Denver for 2 weeks. The culmination of 18 months of work begins this weekend. We are converting the first of 5 pieces of our company to Oracle from a mainframe that's been operating since the 70s. This portion of our business does $1 Billion worth of business in a year. My shifts this weekend are 8 PM

Comments

[dawningday]

Hope everything goes as smoothly as possible. For what it's worth, my experience doing overnight shifts is to stay away from caffeine for as long as you can manage. Otherwise, you'll start peaking and crashing faster and faster, which will wear you out. Also, taking fifteen minutes to close your eyes and breathe is usually more effective than a cup of coffee or a soda.

Kick some ass!

[hypanebliss]

I was going to say the same thing. Not to mention it has made me sick the next day. Water works amazingly well and breathing even more so.