Understand, but I think the term "iron" rule, was what threw some people like myself.:-D

Thank you sir! I hope you are right, and that we are next, but i am not going to hold my breath waiting for them(managers) to embrace it either. 😀

The government industry (all levels) City, County, State, and Federal. Not limiting to just them though. I have seen this managerial mistrust of working remotely in many arenas, both...

I feel for you guys and girls who have managers that think a dog barking is a big deal, or really even worth mentioning, but I bet they come around...

Unfortunately its not as simple as that. There are so many other factors that come into play with working remotely that you are not taking into consideration.. Just a few...

Databases are not self-healing animals, they require maintenance windows, period. I usually do weekly online re-indexing between 3-5AM on a Sunday morning, after the Sunday backups have taken place. In...

eye_speye (9/19/2007)

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Ilike to think that managers who can't manage people who are working from home are bad managers.

In my former job, I had to take sick-leave one time because my...

Agreed, re-indexing is one of several things that should be automated on your db server from the getgo.:-D

"I used to tell all junior DBAs working for me that no cursors or temp tables were allowed. It was an iron rule for them to work within in the...

ChillyDBA (9/27/2012)

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This is a pretty accurate summary of the things that made my experience of pair programming a success

Several years back I was involved in an extended data migration project...

Good article Steve! I have personaly done this in the past and I have found there are three basic things that can drive the overwhelming success of doing this or...

A mentor of mine long ago once said "if you pay peanuts to get a job done, then you will usually get a lot of monkeys." I have always remembered...

i was being facetious.:-D

It's all Bush's fault.:-D

Lynn Pettis (9/21/2012)

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TravisDBA (9/21/2012)

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I have to say Barack Hussein Obama. He wants to end offshoring of American jobs and redistribute the wealth in this country and I am most definitely...