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  • RE: We're not craftsmen and craftswomen

    If I want a beautiful table that is almost a piece of art, with matching grain and fine details, I would go to a craftsman.

    If I want a pretty table...

  • RE: Breaking Down Barriers

    I agree that silos are a big part of the underlying cause of friction, whether between DBAs and Developers and Project Managers or other "functions" within IT. And most...

  • RE: What does certification achieve?

    The same arguments against certifications could be used against high school and college diplomas. They show you attended classes and got decent grades - good enough to pass. ...

  • RE: A Better Conference

    Perhaps there could be an open "trouble-shooting and question-asking" session with several experienced "presenters" where the expectation is that the attendees would bring their issues and a database to work...

  • RE: A New Look

    I prefer the auto-adjust width and the "In this Issue" so I can go where I need easily. Too much scrolling needed, even though I always read the editorial...

  • RE: Data Will Drive the World

    It's up to us to learn the skills we need to do this efficiently, and in ways that can't easily be automated.

    Wow, I hope you didn't mean...

  • RE: LEN()

    We don't use CHAR much, mostly NVARCHAR. My first thought was length of a CHAR field, as opposed to result of the LEN operation. Fortunately I re-thought before...

  • RE: Inconsistency

    my "Strong Opinion": that I know what's right and what works

    The "Change": what was right and worked yesterday may not be right and/or work tomorrow!

    (I still think...

  • RE: Bring Solutions

    While I agree with Steve that we are "problem solvers" (and per the discussion board, creative ones at that), I disagree somewhat with some of his other statements. While...

  • RE: Unprofessional Employers

    My current company (15 years at the same place!) has gone back and forth on this over the years. I recall one employee who took advantage of the tuition...

  • RE: Wasting Time

    I'm constantly amazed by how many people think meetings are a waste of time.

    The whole point of having a meeting is to exchange information - whether it's a staff meeting,...

  • RE: Outsourcing Security

    In some ways we outsource security already by relying on software from Webroot, Symantec, McAfee and others to protect our PCs from viruses and other nastiness. Outsourcing data security...

  • RE: Pair Programming

    As with all methodologies, pair programming can be modified to fit the environment. It doesn't have to be an all-day affair. In my past I was part of...

  • RE: The Influence of the Cloud

    Defining "cloud" as PaaS in this case:

    I'd say we're pulling back, but not for security reasons. Rather it's that we aren't getting the service we believe we contracted for....

  • RE: Why It's Good To Be Wrong

    And here I thought I was the only one who didn't mind being wrong about something!

    Guess I was wrong about that. 😉

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