"As far as I am concerned it is a means of getting the same old stuff at cheaper rates."

...and that is such a shame considering all the job losses we...

Dave,

"I actually went to a job interview for a DBA position and was asked if I knew T-SQL"

I hear ya!  I just had the same thing happen to me in...

Hi Steve,

Well, IT jobs have been nearly non-existent in the Central Florida area for the past four years.  In the past 4 months, it FINALLY picked up.  However, it dropped again...

I was not insulting you.  I was only asking for evidence of your actual review of this product and was looking for details to prove that you had checked it...

Gary,

From your comments, it seems that you had more problems installing, rather than, using the product.  In fact, it sounds like you never did use the product.  Please identify the particular...

Paul,

My review took 16 hours to complete and was extremely thorough (it's over 20 pages).  Believe me, the product was "actually" used.  However, I did not test multiple transaction backups.  Thank you for...

My pleasure!  Great product! 

Awesome!  Thanks, Andy!

Uh oh!  You might have started something!

How 'bout "Mother of All Understanding Debuggers"?  Or is that too nice? 

MAUD?  Ducking?  Okay, you both made me giggle.  I love it!  Does MAUD stand for anything? 

Matthew,

"Honestly, the content of the answer may be less important than the mental processes the person being interviewed goes through to answer it."

That's an excellent point!

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Andy,

"While you you might not...

"...I think very few people walk away from our interviews thinking they didn't get a fair chance to show their skills."

In the true spirit of 'Office Space' I have to...

But if you are posing this question in an interview, don't you think it's up to too much interpretation to be a good interview question and are you really allowing...

I'm with you!  The older I get, the more irritated I get with interviews designed to "stump" the interviewee.  Especially when the question is timed at the worst possible moment...

"..he was a disgusting, contemptible piece of right-wing garbage"

My comments in my previous post were inflamed by this comment that had been re-quoted. I was hoping that one...