This is crazy. I have GOT to have the weirdest DB story in the world.
Either that or the most wildly successful one!
Frank, I am going to say it again. I am really happy for you. You've none just about the best DB job I have seen of any of us and it seems to have paid off big time. You W doesn't even know what hit her. All of a sudden she's having $ex, "working on R skills" and she probably can't figure out when all this changed. Sure, your C had a lot to do with it, but the real credit goes to you for really applying what you learned. Sure, you are still in a broken M, but there is real potential here for it to be fixed. Be confused, apprehensive, cautious, etc, but make sure to be happy too. You deserve it, as do we all.