OMG Steve - you wouldn't have been a fly on *my* wall the last few days, would you?! :w00t: Here's an excerpt from a cover letter I sent with my resume a couple of days ago..

"I know all companies talk about how important their people are, but haven't yet come across one that actually means it. Yours' has a ring of conviction about it - casual atmosphere and no dress code tells me that this company would rather focus on the things that really matter - a good productive environment where work ethics & working as a team matter more than clothes and working by the clock.

I am not afraid of hard work - in fact, more often than not, I am unable to separate work from leisure.

I've been working closely with SQL Server for the last 8 years. However, the scope of my project is such that I have not had occasion to use many of the new SQL Server features. I am also somewhat jaded - I have worked on a single project the entire eight years and currently feel that I am flogging a dead horse. I did push myself to get my MCTS SQL Server 2008 Developer certification, but it was purely on my own steam."

My co-worker insisted that I would never hear back from the company because he wouldn't have been able to get past words like "jaded" and "flogging" dead horses...I'm thumbing my nose at him right now because I heard back from them the very next day!;-)

To stay on topic though...I am all I've got..for motivation! Since the only thing that brings me any joy at work is SQL Server, I've decided to study for and get as many SQL certs as possible.

As for finding a company that cares...looks beyond numbers at its people...it might be a tad easier finding the Holy Grail!:ermm:

"Digital prostitue"...I love that...I finally have a name for what I've been doing all these years...wish I could use that on a resume or cover-letter!!!:hehe: