Quick Code PROS - Fixing inefficient workflows
since 1994.
I turn everyday friction into practical solutions that work.
About Me
I didn't set out with some grand plan to become a software developer. I wanted to...
- be President, and
- compete in the Olympics, AND
- become the first female professional quarterback.
All at the same time, of course.
Once reality set in, I studied accounting—but I quickly became more interested in improving accounting processes than in carrying out the routine tasks themselves.
I wanted to understand where information originated, where it went next, and why it had to be entered more than once. Why should a report take
three hours to prepare? Why should five people maintain five versions of the same spreadsheet?! I saw opportunities to eliminate duplication, reduce wasted effort, and make the entire process more efficient.
I wrote my first computer program on a typewriter.
My first real job was bookkeeping for a daycare center. At the risk of aging myself, I entered information into a journal by hand. BORING!
I got really excited when we finally bought a new Olivetti electronic typewriter with two disk drives and a tiny little screen that I could preview what I typed before printing it. I figured out a way to setup our weekly billing utilizing the 2 disk drives and the built-in operating system Olivetti used at the time.
Then a computer burned down my family’s house.
Yes. Literally.
According to the fire inspector, lightning struck the power line, arced to the computer monitor sitting on my mom’s desk—and blew it up.
The resulting fire destroyed our home - or as my brother famouly told my parents,
"the house is toast".
You might think that would have ended my fascination with computers.
It didn't.
I joined the family business, where many systems still ran on paper.
CRM. Inventory. Forms. Logs. Reports - critical information sat in filing cabinets instead of where people actually needed it.
While my family rebuilt their home, I rebuilt those processes on a computer.
A different one.
This was before Windows became the standard. Using DOS and DataEase (my first programming love), I built database systems that replaced manual processes and made information easier to enter, find, report on and reuse.
FEED ME!
There was a time when the internet came on a disk...in the mail.
And Microsoft Office came on about 30 disks.
Show me the process that needs fixing.
Tell me what’s wasting time, creating mistakes, or making people crazy. I’ll figure out a practical way to improve it. FREE.
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