So far, I've never experienced the poor shopping experiences that you referenced on a Black Friday. I've seen some Black Fridays where there were a lot of people around the...

I've not met many "heros" like you've described, but I have met some. I think they like being the one that everyone depends upon, because they think it's job security.

I identify with this post although i do not work as hard as Steve!! One question i would like to pose is "How do i say no to work?"...

Ah, OK, thank you, Phil.

Steve, please excuse me for being obtuse, but what did you mean by, "...  one thing I'd recommend is make a REPO to keep your code review checklists"? I'm wondering...

Jeff, I've taken your suggestion. I didn't migrate one of our databases to Azure. Instead, I created an Azure SQL database using one of the AdventureWorks databases. It's small, I've...

I agree with this.  One of the skills I have honed over the years is not a new programming language, but instead deciphering what management wants to accomplish.

I really...

Steve, you have more experience at dabbling with AI, then I do. I've got a ChatGPT account and have dabbled a bit with it, but there's a lot I cannot...

This is a scenario that causes me to lose sleep at night. I'm on a two-person team that's migrating all our source code out of an old, on-prem TFS to...

@StuR, I'd like to reply to what you said concerning WFH. I did that for 3 years and totally loved it. It is the best way I work. But my...

I have spent most of my career working in the public sector. Working in the public sector affects how you think. One quite common belief, as a public sector employee,...

No, life is not better for me. I've been forced back to the office with no justification. The pandemic showed that we could accomplish a lot more through MS Teams...

OK, you've got me, Steve.

I hear ya, Jeff, but where I work, they take the "If it ain't broke, don't fix it" mantra to the extreme. They will leave something alone until it is...

Thoughtful article, Steve. We're making lots of moves to the cloud. Not all at once, but in pieces. Currently moving test SQL databases to the cloud. I love...