Maybe he wanted nuggets of knowledge
- TAGS:bill of materials, database, hamburger
- IT TOPICS:Management, Storage
The in-house database admin is away, so a programmer asks this database pilot fish to explain the concept of a bill of materials.
"I drew two rectangles with two arrows coming from one box and both ending on the second box -- one labeled 'is composed of' and the other 'where used,'" says fish. "Using a software vendor's hamburger example, I drew circles and connected them with lines."
In his example, fish shows the programmer how a simple burger can be assembled with a plain bun, a meat patty and toppings.
Then, following another line, he shows that a meat patty can be used in a simple burger, a cheeseburger, a double burger, and so on.
"The example must have put him off, and he left in a huff," fish says.
"The following week, he asked the same question of the in-house database admin -- who started his reply with 'Let me show you the hamburger example...'"
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