Thank you, Matan, for filling me in as to what the code snippets folder is in SQL Server 2014 (and apparently 2012 as well). After reading your blog post I...

I have to say that I'm a little of both. Many years ago I worked in manufacturing, helping to write software that tracked our product. For whatever reason they didn't...

SimonHolzman (9/18/2014)

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Doctor Who 2 (9/18/2014)

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I really like your step 5a, "When you make a mistake - STEP AWAY FROM THE KEYBOARD". Now, honestly that might not always be possible. There...

I really like your step 5a, "When you make a mistake - STEP AWAY FROM THE KEYBOARD". Now, honestly that might not always be possible. There could be people standing...

I loved that Gangnam Style Parody for Geeks "NoSQL Style". Funny!

I probably won't enter as I don't think anything I came up with would be as good as others on...

Steve Jones - SSC Editor (9/10/2014)

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Good luck, Rod, and hope something shakes loose.

The soft skills are important, but they won't be direct asks in many interviews. However the way you...

Steve, you've brought up a great topic again, and I've just got to jump into this one. As someone whose been recently downsized due to budget cuts, today's topic is...

Gary Varga (8/29/2014)

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Doctor Who 2 (8/29/2014)

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In some of the software I've written I've made it write to the event log. And personally I really like doing that. I can put...

In some of the software I've written I've made it write to the event log. And personally I really like doing that. I can put in detailed information as to...

Unit testing is new to me. Where I worked it was the culture not to do it at all. However, since having left there I've been teaching myself new skills,...

blah12345 83778 (8/20/2014)

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I think the term bronze age development really does sum up writing t-SQL, there are some tools which are starting to emerge and get better but the tooling...

Andy, I like your idea about going to Indeed, Monster, whatever, and looking up one's title, or the title one would like to have, to learn more about it. Great...

I didn't know that. That is really cool, thanks for this tip!

Man, I like what you said here, Andy. +1, up arrow, Like, etc.!!

skeleton567 (7/11/2014)

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Rod:

I want to wish you well in the job search.

I hope you will be as fortunate in the downsizing as I was my last time. Company...