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I don’t think it’s mentioned explicitly anywhere, but Bloomington Indiana is a college town and Indiana University has sought after computer science, informatic

I don’t think it’s mentioned explicitly anywhere, but Bloomington Indiana is a college town and Indiana University has sought after computer science, informatics, business and public affairs programs. I don’t know that this is the case, but I’d be surprised if this project didn’t have student involvement (aka cheap labor) that helped justify rolling their own.

jackson1442 5y ago
Probably. I know my university has a custom built time tracking website that relies on student ID cards, it was likely built by students as well.
hellbannedguy 5y ago
I wonder if this is the College in Breaking Away. Great movie.
- mistasteve 5y ago
  It is the same.
- andscoop 5y ago
  Fun fact - the quarry in the movie is real and in fact a local swimming hole. Over the years though they’ve really been cracking down on trespassing.
  - hiidrew 5y ago
    I believe they have filled it in now :/
    - andscoop 5y ago
      Wow, I did not know this and am honestly a bit emotional finding this out. Those quarries were iconic and a magical way to spend an evening at a time in my life when I felt absolutely free, for better or worse. On the bright side, Bloomington has other hidden gems (for now) that elicited similar feelings.
ThePadawan 5y ago
Personally, I've had a few software engineering jobs in the past and the distribution of requirements for time tracking is basically bimodal: * A company is legally required to do time tracking. They usually have a shitty excel sheet to fill out (and every fills in the defaults), or at best a single "check in"/"check out" button that someone coded 10 years ago and still works. * A company does time tracking to bill 7 different customers for the 12 different tickets each engineer is assigned. The software used to track this was made by 30 full-time engineers and requires a 200-page manual to administer. New employees have to take a 2h course to understand how to fill in their time sheet.
- soco 5y ago
  A 2h course is an understatement.
  - ThePadawan 5y ago
    Well, that was for basic functionality. How to book vacation time is extra.
  - merlincorey 5y ago
    I think I had a week long training for ConnectWise to do all the modules.

jackson1442 5y ago

Probably. I know my university has a custom built time tracking website that relies on student ID cards, it was likely built by students as well.

hellbannedguy 5y ago

I wonder if this is the College in Breaking Away. Great movie.

mistasteve 5y ago
It is the same.
andscoop 5y ago
Fun fact - the quarry in the movie is real and in fact a local swimming hole. Over the years though they’ve really been cracking down on trespassing.
- hiidrew 5y ago
  I believe they have filled it in now :/
  - andscoop 5y ago
    Wow, I did not know this and am honestly a bit emotional finding this out. Those quarries were iconic and a magical way to spend an evening at a time in my life when I felt absolutely free, for better or worse. On the bright side, Bloomington has other hidden gems (for now) that elicited similar feelings.

ThePadawan 5y ago

Personally, I've had a few software engineering jobs in the past and the distribution of requirements for time tracking is basically bimodal: * A company is legally required to do time tracking. They usually have a shitty excel sheet to fill out (and every fills in the defaults), or at best a single "check in"/"check out" button that someone coded 10 years ago and still works. * A company does time tracking to bill 7 different customers for the 12 different tickets each engineer is assigned. The software used to track this was made by 30 full-time engineers and requires a 200-page manual to administer. New employees have to take a 2h course to understand how to fill in their time sheet.

soco 5y ago
A 2h course is an understatement.
- ThePadawan 5y ago
  Well, that was for basic functionality. How to book vacation time is extra.
- merlincorey 5y ago
  I think I had a week long training for ConnectWise to do all the modules.