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  • RE: Job Specialization - Boon or Bane?

    Great editorial. When I applied to the position where I am working now, they had a HUGE list of "requirements". It turns out, they weren't looking for someone...

  • RE: The May Car Update (2008)

    Making moonshine in your driveway to power a car looks interesting, although it may be tough to keep it from being consumed by people. Great update, I hope my...

  • RE: Sorting the Sheep from the Goats

    I tend to be able to tell which new hires are going to be great and which aren't based on the orientation I provide in 45 minutes within their first...

  • RE: IT Project Euthanasia

    Instead of SQL Server sabotage, I think dispatching the project in a manner similar to the "rifle while the dog is relieving himself" method would be better for projects. ...

  • RE: MatrixDB

    They probably want something to compete with RAC, but be more accessible to the masses. They probably also don't really know exactly how to build it but probably have...

  • RE: The Exceptional DBA

    I am quite grateful to have won this, especially since I rarely win anything. It's nice to know that there are like-minded people who deal with the same types...

  • RE: Up or Down?

    Up here in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada I'd say things have been pretty good the past few years. Companies hiring people with even a little experience. Then again, like...

  • RE: SQL injection

    GilaMonster (4/17/2008)


    I don't think I want to know what the DB looks like. I do wonder what account the web site was accessing the DB with.

    Drop database .... ?

    Had they...

  • RE: Hunting Developers

    I must say I too would have imagined a cubicle farm, energy drinks and lively discussions at whiteboards. Since it is Microsoft, I wouldn't have thought of Nerf guns,...

  • RE: Historical Dollars

    jjarupan (4/11/2008)


    In the process,

    First you submit resume,.

    Second you fill the form that need to input salary information.

    Note: If you go by Head Hunter, your salary history will be there.

    ...

  • RE: Historical Dollars

    I don't offer any salary history during an interview but certain types of places ask for one. Once they do, I do two things:

    1) Tell them my current salary,...

  • RE: The Social Mesh

    Sounds like an interesting book. I recall reading an article about how someone did a similar analysis using email records. Just looking at the from and to fields...

  • RE: Opinion on Job Description

    Looks to me like their data is scattered and the person who would be doing this job would be responsible for keeping these scattered databases in line and creating reports...

  • RE: The Exceptional DBA

    Oddly enough, I've come across scenarios similar to both of these cases. For the CFO and BI application, I had heard that our executives and the financial folks were...

  • RE: Testing

    I had applied to work for Canada's version of the NSA and their checks involved the MMPI-2 personality test, an interview with a psychologist, a full background check by our...

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