I volunteer as a PASS chapter leader and a member of my civic association and always find I get far more than I give. 😀

To me it depends on the skills that people are being rewarded for. If we are rewarding people for doing a good technical job, then I'm in favor of that....

Like most people being part of the cube farm is good for me most of the time. I can collaborate when needed and hear if there are any tech issues...

I work for a company that is bound by HIPPA and PCI as well as several industry specific regulations and I'm not sure there is a one size fits all...

I started with SQL Server as we use MS Dynamics which is SQL based. Also have created several apps that use SQL Server as the backend.

We use built-in SQL Audit to check for login attempts and unauthorized changes to the system.

Pretty much obselete.:-)

I'm going with Dag Hammarskjöld, a great world leader who had the capacity to understand people.

Another example of GroupThink I used to teach was the Challenger space shuttle disaster. When it came time for the vote on whether to allow lift off or not even...

Probably 30 minutes to an hour a day studying. Plus usually 1 - 2 hours per week as a chapter leader, though with SQLSaturday#117 coming next month that has increased...

We are currently on SQLServer 2008R2 and it is working nicely. Probably will not change for awhile due to:

Waiting until SP1 comes along, waiting until our vendor app is approved...

I would be a bicycle, something sexy and Italian.

I don't find my name in the obituary column. Not too many problems at work. Everybody on the home front is well.

Quit working and start a mentoring project in the public schiools training young people for jobs in technology. Try to get large technology companies to partner with education to help...

We're a small shop 3 servers all on SQL 2008.