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  • RE: Women in Technology

    jo cl (1/8/2010)

    What has surprised me is that so many of the female developers posting to the forum are in their 40’s and 50’s. Is this a representation of...

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    Anye Mercy
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  • RE: Women in Technology

    kerry_hood (1/7/2010)


    Steve Jones - Editor (1/7/2010)


    We could also open salaries. I wouldn't mind that. Let people stand up and prove they're worth more.

    I don't think comparison of salaries always works...

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    Anye Mercy
    "Service Unavailable is not an Error" -- John, ENOM support
    "You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means." -- Inigo Montoya in "Princess Bride"
    "Civilization exists by geologic consent, subject to change without notice." -- Will Durant

  • RE: Women in Technology

    There's a reason I'm leading the web development architecture at my company, and it has nothing to do with gender. All the other developers here are male, yet I'm...

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    Anye Mercy
    "Service Unavailable is not an Error" -- John, ENOM support
    "You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means." -- Inigo Montoya in "Princess Bride"
    "Civilization exists by geologic consent, subject to change without notice." -- Will Durant

  • RE: Test Drive

    When I was a teenager who had been working as a veterinary assistant and found myself out of work I drove over to the local pet emergency clinic and offered...

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    Anye Mercy
    "Service Unavailable is not an Error" -- John, ENOM support
    "You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means." -- Inigo Montoya in "Princess Bride"
    "Civilization exists by geologic consent, subject to change without notice." -- Will Durant

  • RE: Certification High School

    Gift Peddie (7/20/2009)


    but I have to wonder if there are other reasons to explain the constant barrage of problems you have faced other than your gender or minority status.

    Discrimination...

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    Anye Mercy
    "Service Unavailable is not an Error" -- John, ENOM support
    "You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means." -- Inigo Montoya in "Princess Bride"
    "Civilization exists by geologic consent, subject to change without notice." -- Will Durant

  • RE: Certification High School

    Gift Peddie, Gail informed me offline that you are female and pointed me to an explanation of some of your comments.

    I am very sorry that you have experienced discrimination; it...

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    Anye Mercy
    "Service Unavailable is not an Error" -- John, ENOM support
    "You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means." -- Inigo Montoya in "Princess Bride"
    "Civilization exists by geologic consent, subject to change without notice." -- Will Durant

  • RE: Certification High School

    Gift Peddie (7/20/2009)


    Are you implying that woman and minorities are stupid in that they can't pass an exam even with the material available

    No the US education system excludes these...

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    Anye Mercy
    "Service Unavailable is not an Error" -- John, ENOM support
    "You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means." -- Inigo Montoya in "Princess Bride"
    "Civilization exists by geologic consent, subject to change without notice." -- Will Durant

  • RE: Certification High School

    I'm going to wait for Gift Peddie to answer Gail's question about his assertion about women and minorities before I comment further, because in the past I took and passed...

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    Anye Mercy
    "Service Unavailable is not an Error" -- John, ENOM support
    "You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means." -- Inigo Montoya in "Princess Bride"
    "Civilization exists by geologic consent, subject to change without notice." -- Will Durant

  • RE: No Google

    This is exactly why I think many companies will never embrace moving all their systems to the cloud. People who aren't technologically inclined themselves will be inclined to mistrust...

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    Anye Mercy
    "Service Unavailable is not an Error" -- John, ENOM support
    "You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means." -- Inigo Montoya in "Princess Bride"
    "Civilization exists by geologic consent, subject to change without notice." -- Will Durant

  • RE: Parameterized query oddness

    Thanks, folks. I did find that article when I took Christopher's advice to look up parameter sniffing (albeit after about 20 other links that just said "look up parameter...

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    Anye Mercy
    "Service Unavailable is not an Error" -- John, ENOM support
    "You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means." -- Inigo Montoya in "Princess Bride"
    "Civilization exists by geologic consent, subject to change without notice." -- Will Durant

  • RE: The Best Days

    Not by a long shot. My goal was always to be the technical guru, the person that everyone else comes to when they are trying to figure out a...

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    Anye Mercy
    "Service Unavailable is not an Error" -- John, ENOM support
    "You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means." -- Inigo Montoya in "Princess Bride"
    "Civilization exists by geologic consent, subject to change without notice." -- Will Durant

  • RE: Intermittent connectivity issue - how to diagnose and fix

    This ended up being pretty complicated.

    With connection pooling turned off, this intermittent lack of connectivity happened frequently and was caused by just too much load for a non-pooled scenario. ...

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    Anye Mercy
    "Service Unavailable is not an Error" -- John, ENOM support
    "You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means." -- Inigo Montoya in "Princess Bride"
    "Civilization exists by geologic consent, subject to change without notice." -- Will Durant

  • RE: Testing Skills

    Robert Hermsen (5/12/2009)


    Non-completion does not mean failure. And that needs to be made evident. I don't like the 'impossible question' idea. If you do a vm...

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    Anye Mercy
    "Service Unavailable is not an Error" -- John, ENOM support
    "You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means." -- Inigo Montoya in "Princess Bride"
    "Civilization exists by geologic consent, subject to change without notice." -- Will Durant

  • RE: Testing Skills

    I'm surprised at how many people seem to think ability to troubleshoot isn't a necessary skill for a developer or for strategic thinking. Troubleshooting is, at its essence, problem...

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    Anye Mercy
    "Service Unavailable is not an Error" -- John, ENOM support
    "You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means." -- Inigo Montoya in "Princess Bride"
    "Civilization exists by geologic consent, subject to change without notice." -- Will Durant

  • RE: Do You Need an IT or CS Degree to be a Successful DBA?

    Oh, I have little desire to enter management either, but for those who do have such ambitions it is a consideration.

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    Anye Mercy
    "Service Unavailable is not an Error" -- John, ENOM support
    "You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means." -- Inigo Montoya in "Princess Bride"
    "Civilization exists by geologic consent, subject to change without notice." -- Will Durant

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