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  • RE: Wasting Time

    Got to agree with you there Eric. In the immortal words of Will Rogers: "This country has come to feel the same when Congress is in session as when the...

    "Technology is a weird thing. It brings you great gifts with one hand, and it stabs you in the back with the other. ...:-D"

  • RE: Innovation

    Jeff Moden (10/12/2012)


    My favorite and, possibly, most outrageous example of such "innovation gone wild" is the fellow that submitted a CLR that he wanted me to install on one of...

    "Technology is a weird thing. It brings you great gifts with one hand, and it stabs you in the back with the other. ...:-D"

  • RE: Wasting Time

    Miles Neale (10/12/2012)


    Meetings can be good. However, they need to be short, to the point, make decisions, and not be rambling sessions where everyone gets their say three or...

    "Technology is a weird thing. It brings you great gifts with one hand, and it stabs you in the back with the other. ...:-D"

  • RE: Innovation

    Bill Gates once said "Microsoft is not about greed. It's about innovation and fairness." Coming from him, I'm not sure whether that statement is true or just hypocritcal.:-D

    "Technology is a weird thing. It brings you great gifts with one hand, and it stabs you in the back with the other. ...:-D"

  • RE: Wasting Time

    dogramone (10/11/2012)


    I have a very strict self rule on working from home, I won't. Two key reasons. Firstly as a project manager I feel I need to alwaays...

    "Technology is a weird thing. It brings you great gifts with one hand, and it stabs you in the back with the other. ...:-D"

  • RE: Wasting Time

    Actually, I have known people, with children particularly, that actually come to work because it is less noisy and less interuptions than being at home. Again, it all depends upon...

    "Technology is a weird thing. It brings you great gifts with one hand, and it stabs you in the back with the other. ...:-D"

  • RE: Potential

    Sorry wrong guy. 😀

    "Technology is a weird thing. It brings you great gifts with one hand, and it stabs you in the back with the other. ...:-D"

  • RE: Why SQL Server is Better Than Oracle

    jfogel (10/9/2012)


    Years ago I was a production DBA for Oracle but these days its all development work. My biggest gripe about Oracle is that getting data out of it is...

    "Technology is a weird thing. It brings you great gifts with one hand, and it stabs you in the back with the other. ...:-D"

  • RE: Not Just At Home

    Dave62 (10/5/2012)


    TravisDBA (10/5/2012)


    ... but it's not about that. It's about "trust" and the truth is most managers I have known in this industry over the 28 years i have...

    "Technology is a weird thing. It brings you great gifts with one hand, and it stabs you in the back with the other. ...:-D"

  • RE: Not Just At Home

    "The old out-of-sight-not-working attitude of many managers is changing, or should be. Most workers can have their productivity observed by what they get done, not by how many hours they...

    "Technology is a weird thing. It brings you great gifts with one hand, and it stabs you in the back with the other. ...:-D"

  • RE: Dog Food

    tabinsc (10/4/2012)


    TravisDBA (10/3/2012)


    tabinsc (10/3/2012)


    I once worked in IT for a retail company that would all but require us to shop at our own stores, but would turn a deaf ear...

    "Technology is a weird thing. It brings you great gifts with one hand, and it stabs you in the back with the other. ...:-D"

  • RE: Dog Food

    tabinsc (10/3/2012)


    I once worked in IT for a retail company that would all but require us to shop at our own stores, but would turn a deaf ear at any...

    "Technology is a weird thing. It brings you great gifts with one hand, and it stabs you in the back with the other. ...:-D"

  • RE: Remote DBAs

    Also keep in mind that not all remote dba work means that it is being offshored to people with lesser skills.

    This all depends on who you are talking to at...

    "Technology is a weird thing. It brings you great gifts with one hand, and it stabs you in the back with the other. ...:-D"

  • RE: Dog Food

    As usual, you are looking at it again from the wrong angle. It should be "Eating your own caviar". I don't know about everyone else but I don't produce "dog...

    "Technology is a weird thing. It brings you great gifts with one hand, and it stabs you in the back with the other. ...:-D"

  • RE: Remote DBAs

    the person taking over your job in India (or wherever) does not have your skills, experience and relationships, its just not a valid conclusion to make.

    True, but...

    "Technology is a weird thing. It brings you great gifts with one hand, and it stabs you in the back with the other. ...:-D"

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