Well said Gary 🙂

You are a great mentor and an awesome brother. We should all be so lucky to know someone who would do such a thing for us. When...

Bill Nicolich (2/18/2010)

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... that is the general human condition and there is little need, in my opinion, to change that... the masses of mediocrity can only dream about... so let...

My comments are not meant as a putdown to the human race, btw 🙂 After all, I am a member... But I have observed that most people will tend to...

It is really surprising how few people will make an effort to continue improvement, even when all the tools are handed to you. The training center I work at will...

As a professional IT trainer, I am shocked to see the number of DBA's with 10 or more years of experience that come in to get training on the...

Not sure what interviewer you are referring to but... what was the point of that comment? 😀 If I didn't see it on the exam then the exam is invalid??

Yes,...

quackhandle1975 (1/12/2010)

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4. MS Courses/Exams - sure, they're nice to compliment your CV and brag to your collegues, but in my time I've only been on a few SQL2K and...

scotjmcdermid (12/4/2009)

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I would not recommend the Microsoft Self Study guides.

First of all, there is a difference between learning to become a good DBA and trying to pass the certification exams....

RBarryYoung (12/4/2009)

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petertrast (12/4/2009)

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Anyone who has earned a Microsoft certification knows that there are some questions on the test that have more to do with Microsoft "best practices" than actual field...

Anyone who has earned a Microsoft certification knows that there are some questions on the test that have more to do with Microsoft "best practices" than actual field experience. I...