Are the posted questions getting worse?

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GabyYYZ SSCertifiable Points: 7913 More actions · Answer 1

Dave Ballantyne (1/6/2010)
GilaMonster (1/6/2010)
Why are there so many 'if you don't help me I'll lose my job' posts all over the place? I just got one by PM. Frankly, seeing that in a post doesn't make me more likely to reply, it makes me smell desperation and walk away because I don't want to be the person's designated helper for the next 6 months.
Also, what does it say to the world when you say "I can't write a simple procedure and if you don't help me I'll lose my job"
The thing that really confuses me is, how do these people get hired ?.
Is the interview process 'Have you heard of SQL ?'. Good, we'll entrust you with the well being of our company.

What really amazes me is why people can't do a simple Google Search. Okay, the best solutions are usually redirected to SQL ServerCentral 🙂 but still, the gross majority of problems can be solved by five minutes of idle typing.

Gaby________________________________________________________________"In theory, theory and practice are the same. In practice, they are not." - Albert Einstein

GabyYYZ SSCertifiable Points: 7913 More actions · Answer 2

Kit G (1/6/2010)
GilaMonster (1/6/2010)
GSquared (1/6/2010)
If you can't access it, try Tarot cards to figure out the password.
I have a set, if you need me to do a reading.
If the password is encrypted and you need another reading, I have a set too.

Here's a fascinating piece on encryption with playing cards, based on Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson.

Gaby________________________________________________________________"In theory, theory and practice are the same. In practice, they are not." - Albert Einstein

Alvin Ramard SSC-Forever Points: 41190 More actions · Answer 3

Kit G (1/6/2010)
GilaMonster (1/6/2010)
GSquared (1/6/2010)
If you can't access it, try Tarot cards to figure out the password.
I have a set, if you need me to do a reading.
If the password is encrypted and you need another reading, I have a set too.

How many cards are required for 128 bit encryption?

Alvin Ramard
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Steve Jones - SSC Editor SSC Guru Points: 734744 More actions · Answer 4

I see The Thread is alive and well. Happy 2010 to everyone.

Ray K SSC-Dedicated Points: 31148 More actions · Answer 5

GabyYYZ (1/6/2010)
What really amazes me is why people can't do a simple Google Search. Okay, the best solutions are usually redirected to SQL ServerCentral 🙂 but still, the gross majority of problems can be solved by five minutes of idle typing.

Or how about all the questions that can easily be answered in BOL?

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Gail Shaw SSC Guru Points: 1004504 More actions · Answer 6

Steve Jones - Editor (1/6/2010)
I see The Thread is alive and well. Happy 2010 to everyone.

And to you Steve. Welcome back.

Gail Shaw
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Alvin Ramard SSC-Forever Points: 41190 More actions · Answer 7

GilaMonster (1/6/2010)
Steve Jones - Editor (1/6/2010)
I see The Thread is alive and well. Happy 2010 to everyone.
And to you Steve. Welcome back.

Ditto

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Greg Edwards-268690 SSC-Insane Points: 20680 More actions · Answer 8

GabyYYZ (1/6/2010)
Kit G (1/6/2010)
GilaMonster (1/6/2010)
GSquared (1/6/2010)
If you can't access it, try Tarot cards to figure out the password.
I have a set, if you need me to do a reading.
If the password is encrypted and you need another reading, I have a set too.
Here's a fascinating piece on encryption with playing cards, based on Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson.

I like number 7 on the llist at the bottom.....

Greg E

Grant Fritchey SSC Guru Points: 398720 More actions · Answer 9

GilaMonster (1/6/2010)
Why are there so many 'if you don't help me I'll lose my job' posts all over the place? I just got one by PM. Frankly, seeing that in a post doesn't make me more likely to reply, it makes me smell desperation and walk away because I don't want to be the person's designated helper for the next 6 months.
Also, what does it say to the world when you say "I can't write a simple procedure and if you don't help me I'll lose my job"

Personally, I hope they lose their jobs. I'll try to help,when & where I can, but... If it really comes down to some completely anonymous individual who you can't know is going to provide you with information, possibly of dubious origin, and that's going to save your job, sorry, you deserve to lose that job.

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Jeff Moden SSC Guru Points: 1003941 More actions · Answer 10

GSquared (1/6/2010)
GilaMonster (1/6/2010)
Why are there so many 'if you don't help me I'll lose my job' posts all over the place? I just got one by PM. Frankly, seeing that in a post doesn't make me more likely to reply, it makes me smell desperation and walk away because I don't want to be the person's designated helper for the next 6 months.
Also, what does it say to the world when you say "I can't write a simple procedure and if you don't help me I'll lose my job"
To me, it says "scam". Either they scammed their way into a job they can't do, or they're scamming you. Simple as that. I just ignore statements like that and handle the post the way I would any other.

Heh... for me, "It depends". There are those occasions where I will help but, for the most part, I just walk away from that type of BS. For the most part, I think "Good enough you DA... that's what you get for lying on your interview and doing nothing to increase your usefulness after that." Most folks like that are also the ones that just want an answer and have no intention of actually turning it into a learning experience.

--Jeff Moden

RBAR is pronounced "ree-bar" and is a "Modenism" for Row-By-Agonizing-Row.
First step towards the paradigm shift of writing Set Based code:
________Stop thinking about what you want to do to a ROW... think, instead, of what you want to do to a COLUMN.

Change is inevitable... Change for the better is not.

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SQLRNNR SSC Guru Points: 281334 More actions · Answer 11

Dave Ballantyne (1/6/2010)
GilaMonster (1/6/2010)
Why are there so many 'if you don't help me I'll lose my job' posts all over the place? I just got one by PM. Frankly, seeing that in a post doesn't make me more likely to reply, it makes me smell desperation and walk away because I don't want to be the person's designated helper for the next 6 months.
Also, what does it say to the world when you say "I can't write a simple procedure and if you don't help me I'll lose my job"
The thing that really confuses me is, how do these people get hired ?.
Is the interview process 'Have you heard of SQL ?'. Good, we'll entrust you with the well being of our company.

I've heard of similar hiring tactics. The tactic was "Can you write a Select *"

And now, I am fixing 100's of procs of nothing but select *

Jason...AKA CirqueDeSQLeil
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SQLRNNR SSC Guru Points: 281334 More actions · Answer 12

Lynn Pettis (1/6/2010)
Dave Ballantyne (1/6/2010)
GilaMonster (1/6/2010)
Why are there so many 'if you don't help me I'll lose my job' posts all over the place? I just got one by PM. Frankly, seeing that in a post doesn't make me more likely to reply, it makes me smell desperation and walk away because I don't want to be the person's designated helper for the next 6 months.
Also, what does it say to the world when you say "I can't write a simple procedure and if you don't help me I'll lose my job"
The thing that really confuses me is, how do these people get hired ?.
Is the interview process 'Have you heard of SQL ?'. Good, we'll entrust you with the well being of our company.
They find people willing to give them answers to questions normally asked during the interview and they memorize them. They look good during the interview and get hired, to the detriment of the company and those who were more qualified but didn't interview as well.

This is valid. I got burned by this once. Person interviewed well - knew the answers to the interview questions (suspect memorization), and I didn't go in-depth into the why's of the question. Regret that one still.

Jason...AKA CirqueDeSQLeil
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SQLRNNR SSC Guru Points: 281334 More actions · Answer 13

GilaMonster (1/6/2010)
GSquared (1/6/2010)
If you can't access it, try Tarot cards to figure out the password.
I have a set, if you need me to do a reading.

That might be a handy thing here in LV. Or for the proc that GUS wrote and telepathically posted.:-D

Jason...AKA CirqueDeSQLeil
_______________________________________________
I have given a name to my pain...MCM SQL Server, MVP
SQL RNNR
Posting Performance Based Questions - Gail Shaw[/url]
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SQLRNNR SSC Guru Points: 281334 More actions · Answer 14

Alvin Ramard (1/6/2010)
GilaMonster (1/6/2010)
Steve Jones - Editor (1/6/2010)
I see The Thread is alive and well. Happy 2010 to everyone.
And to you Steve. Welcome back.
Ditto

And another Ditto

Jason...AKA CirqueDeSQLeil
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SQL RNNR
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john.arnott SSChampion Points: 11882 More actions · Answer 15

I just posted in the "save my job" thread a question to the OP as to what he expected to get in SSC that he didn't already get from SQLTeam three weeks ago.

Will he respond?