V.A.R. mania (voting too)

Happy American Election Day!  No matter one’s politics, it’s always nice to at least pretend like we have a say in our government.  I pretended via early absentee ballot a month ago.  There is no segue from this topic into SolidWorks, so I’ll just change the topic now.

VARs are a funny breed.  It’s funny I used the word breed because they aren’t really bred.  More to the opposite, they tend to merge quite frequently (making less of them, not more).  They also tend to be quirky.  I recently was contacted by my account manager at my VAR via email.  He stated that he was keeping in touch, and asked if there was anything where I needed assistance.

I responded via email with a list of three open items that need attention, nothing terribly urgent.  Well, after three weeks, I still have not received a reply.  Maybe there is a chance the email got lost in spam folder or somewhere else in cyberspace.  It happens.   Though, I doubt my email was tagged as spam since I have multiple communications with the VAR without any issues.  It is possible the internet just forgot to forward my email on to my account manager’s email address too.  Not likely, but possible.  However, the pattern I’ve seen suggests more that my email was filed in some buried to-do Outlook folder by the receiver, and then forgotten about by him.

So, I called him today.  The issues still aren’t urgent.  I’d just like to be validated by his acknowledgement.  It’s lunch time, so I left a message.  To be continued…

(It should be noted that I’ve made a couple of exaggerations in this article for entertainment value.  Follow-up article will have details.)

Author: fcsuper

As a drafter, mechanical designer and CAD engineer, I've been in the mechanical design field since 1991. For the first 8 years of my career, I was an AutoCAD professional. I utilized AutoLISP and many other AutoCAD customization features to streamline drafting activities for 6+ drafters and designers. I authored several custom functions, one of which was published in the March 1997 issue of Cadalyst Magazine. Since 1998, I've been used SolidWorks non-stop. I've worked to utilize the SolidWorks' user environment to simplify drafting and design activities for 20+ engineers. I've created this website to provide current information about SolidWorks from a variety of contributors. More recently, I am now employed by Dassault Systemes as SOLIDWORKS Sr. Product Definition Manager to improve drawing, annotation and MBD related areas. View all posts by fcsuper