Work to Live
It's important that you remember to live and enjoy your life as it passes by. Today Steve Jones reminds us that we want to work to live, but also plan to live and plan for the future.
2016-05-06 (first published: 2012-05-02)
428 reads
Editorial
Promoting Engineers
It seems that often we promote the best technical people into managerial positions, but is that a good idea? Steve Jones notes that a few people think this is a bad idea and there ought to be a technical career path for IT workers.
2016-05-05 (first published: 2012-05-01)
289 reads
When Will You Upgrade to SQL Server 2012?
Having noticed a very low rate of migration to the latest version of SQL Server, Brad McGehee asks - when will you upgrade to 2012?
2012-04-30
732 reads
Being Responsible for Code
How responsible should developers be for their code? Facebook has an interesting way of looking at their engineers' performance.
2012-04-30
269 reads
A Lifetime of Software
Today Steve Jones wants you to look forward in your career. Do you enjoy working with software and technology? Do you plan on doing this for the rest of your career?
2016-05-10 (first published: 2012-04-27)
269 reads
Security Outside the Database
Database security needs to improve, and while SQL Server continues to get better, there is more work to do. However there are plenty of security issues outside the database that also need to be addressed.
2012-04-26
180 reads
Technology for Sharing
Technology has been great for helping us work more efficiently by better sharing resources. Steve Jones sees this as both good and bad in different ways as well as a way of providing new opportunities.
2012-04-25
73 reads
Smelly Power
Power is a limited resource, but one that's required for computing. Microsoft has a new idea for generating power data centers that Steve Jones likes.
2012-04-24
161 reads
Buggy Forever
This week Steve Jones talks about forever day bugs, those bugs in industrial systems that haven't been patched, and are not likely to be ever fixed.
2012-04-23
115 reads
Social Media and Interviews
The requirement to disclose social media credentials to some employers has Steve Jones worried.
2012-04-23
154 reads
Blogs
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Question of the Day
Identity Defaults
What happens when I run this code?
CREATE TABLE dbo.IdentityTest
(
id int IDENTITY(10) PRIMARY KEY,
somevalue VARCHAR(20)
)
GO
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