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Eric M Russell (7/20/2011)
... Going from SQL Server 2000 to 2005 was an exception, but that was six years ago ...
We're finally working on that conversion this year...
We've had limited...
Steph Brown
July 21, 2011 at 11:01 am
dma-669038 (7/1/2011)
Steph Brown
July 1, 2011 at 10:18 am
reh (7/1/2011)
... when I got back, it was more like a 20-minute burst, then distraction, then a 20 minute burst, then distraction...
Huh. My company thinks that's "productivity"!
Seriously, though, while...
Steph Brown
July 1, 2011 at 10:06 am
Burhan Insel-262978 (5/19/2011)
I'd highly disagree here. It's rather insulting to make this comparison and it's more extreme than needed. You can easily leave your job in most any situation.
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Freedom to...
Steph Brown
May 19, 2011 at 9:52 am
I'd love to get a solid QA team for the projects I work on (right now I'm part PM, BSA, QA tester, trainer, video producer and ScrumMaster, and that's just...
Steph Brown
April 6, 2011 at 9:41 am
Sounds to me like the "swarm" is for a very specific, focused purpose - and dissolves after the purpose is complete. Like one of my current short-time-frame projects that's...
Steph Brown
November 3, 2010 at 11:57 am
Ron Porter makes a good point about how business needs all levels of expertise. Those of us working in larger corporations tend to forget about the smaller businesses with...
Steph Brown
October 27, 2010 at 10:07 am
I buy my own books, and then bring them into the office to share with co-workers. Read a lot, cruise the forums, any free training I can find. ...
Steph Brown
August 20, 2010 at 9:35 am
If my body (knees and back) were up to it, I'd still be teaching motorcycle safety classes - a "weekend hobby" for 18 years. Don't think it pays enough...
Steph Brown
May 28, 2010 at 9:45 am
I use the same naming convention as Russell for ID fields, and for much the same reasons it sounds like. From a maintenance standpoint, it's much easier for the...
Steph Brown
May 26, 2010 at 10:33 am
GHOST bugs in code - can't be re-produced, but appear occasionally on a completely random basis. Who ya gonna call?
Steph Brown
May 7, 2010 at 10:14 am
As with so many other things IT, I'd say "It depends"! 😀
I would say an excellent DBA does have a broader view of business needs, but starting out with...
Steph Brown
October 23, 2009 at 7:51 am
Lots of great comments, most of which I agree with so I won't repeat it all here. I think the discussion demonstrates why there is a move twoard hiring...
Steph Brown
October 1, 2009 at 8:18 am
I always review code I get from AnyWhere - co-workers included - to make sure I understand it before I start working with it. And it always goes on...
Steph Brown
September 25, 2009 at 7:02 am
Nice article on the impact Agile can have on DBA's, David.
Full disclosure: Agile Scrum Master here!
Agile can work well in a lot of situations, but you do need to...
Steph Brown
September 18, 2009 at 3:27 pm
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