Was that a Freudian slip, or just can't "c" coming to work? 😀

I think I'm "d" - working too many hours because I'm too dedicated to the customer service...

As with some earlier comments about smoke breaks, what looks like "non-productive" time to an external watcher may actually be very productive. During the Y2K years (12x7 days...) several...

We still have several 2K servers in production; one is strictly for reporting and will be retired after the last set of reports is removed. Unfortunately the programmer that...

Revenant (2/17/2012)

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If you watch TV commercials, you may notice that the best salesmen are cute kids, dogs, and cats, in this order. No experience necessary.

Draw your own conclusions, DBAs. [Wink]...

Ken Stelter (2/3/2012)

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... Our MS SQL Server environment is a different story with few controls, and all of our developers are sysadmins (don't get me started...) so keeping the...

Pencil and paper (or sometimes pen) - since I'm also virtual taking notes electronically while web-conferencing can be problematic. I prefer electronic if I can, because then I don't...

TravisDBA (1/30/2012)

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We do have an anonymous feedback mechanism thru SurveyMonkey right now, and that seems to work well in most cases. (We occasionally get a response while interesting, does...

Now THERE's a scary thought! :hehe:

I'm not sure I agree with the "companies who would use it don't need it; companies that need it would abuse it" philosophy that some have expressed. But then...

TravisDBA (1/20/2012)

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A co-worker and I were talking just yesterday in a somewhat similar vein. He noted that when the network goes down, or some other occurrence interferes with our...

I can't think of any job that would be "beneath" me, especially if i didn't have a job at all! I cleaned toilets to help put me thru college;...

I had the misfortune to be on the phone list of a less-than-honest software salesman who tried to get my company to switch scheduling products. Unfortunately, his product did...

In our case, I'd guess it's a combination of things. Likely lack of management trust in "underlings" is one facet; lack of interest on the part of the IT...

TravisDBA (12/16/2011)... welcome to world of "being scared to death of a lawsuit." ... the unions and the lawsuits are driving their costs through the roof, meanwhile they have to...

Oh, and to answer Andy's question, YES, I'm a "get it done" employee, and my boss know it. At least, all indications are that several levels of management know...