Learning and using C on the job, and taking the class are two different things entirely..:-D

My first programming language that I learned from the bottom up was C, and I have never regretted having that as a base programming knowledge level. A mentor of mine...

That is the image that alot of managers have of DBA's today, but when I actually...

jay-h (8/14/2012)

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I'm a firm believer in 'if you can't explain it in plain English (or other), you don't understand it". While technical terminology may be necessary when addressing esoteric...

But the reverse has been true with every dev I've ever worked with - they know just enough SQL and database design to cause all the newbie errors in the...

I agree about your point on communication and how important it is. As Bo Bennett once said "Communication is about being effective, not always about being proper.":-D

When the data access is direct from the app, embedded T-SQL in VB/VBScript/C#/whatever then all I can often do is advise the client on how their developers need to change...

True Story. 😀

Here are just some of the reasons that I use stored procedures:

Security

The first and most important reason to use stored procedures is to take advantage of the security benefits that...

Consultants can often uncover "no brainer" stuff that should have been easily caught by the in-house personnel, and this can be potentially very damaging for them. So as a consultant,...

Mike C (2/6/2008)

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For me the biggest question isn't so much "could this be a technique to see how you respond?", but rather do I want to work for/with people who...

hakim.ali (8/6/2012)If those bright pink jeans were pretty unflattering, wouldn’t you want to know before you went out on a date?

And if your business model was wonky, wouldn’t you want...

Put simply. Good Managers are interested in helping you grow and achieve goals. Bad managers are only interested...

Things that Bad managers say: How many of you have heard these?

1. "If you don’t want this job, I’ll find someone who does"

Bad managers, love to remind employees that...

I agree, and I would add that another bad mark about a bad boss is one who is constantly denying that is not what he/she said, they always put it...