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  • RE: The Best Way to Learn

    You've got to use what you read. Otherwise, the information tends to fade quick for most people. Some SQL Server Books can make great references when you are doing domething...

    "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: Learn XML

    I agree Steve, that if you are currently a DBA, it is only going to benefit you to know XML not just only now, but also definitely down the road...

    "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: Work to Live

    Sir, with all due respect, you are misguided. When government debases the value the currency they are stealing the value of a days work form every person who works to...

    "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: Work to Live

    Anything that has power over you ought to be distrusted to a certain degree. James Madison. 😀

    "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: Promoting Engineers

    It's a shame that so many companies aren't more open and honest with people about what type of career they're willing/able to offer employees or even more companies that respect...

    "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: Work to Live

    I have seen a lot of people on their deathbeds throughout the years and I never heard one of them say "You know, I wish I spent more time 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: Promoting Engineers

    Doctor Who 2 (5/1/2012)


    Ian Elliott (5/1/2012)


    Completely agree with this one. At my current job I've started as standard IT Support and in my many years here I've grown and now...

    "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: Promoting Engineers

    j_e_o (5/1/2012)


    Given the technological advancement we see on a continous basis, I would submit that senior technologists will always prove their value to their employers, as long as they are...

    "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: Promoting Engineers

    jcrawf02 (5/1/2012)


    The real problem with this is the use of "never, ever". There are cases where this may be exactly what you want to do, and cases where this would...

    "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: Promoting Engineers

    Nothing is more frustrating than trying to relate a difficult technical issue to a non-technical manager after he/she asks you what the problem is. My dad used to have a...

    "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: Being Responsible for Code

    The problem starts at the beginning. Front line managers should have the freedom and resources to help people who want to improve. Front line managers should have the both 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: Being Responsible for Code

    One of the biggest issues in the workplace today is that the best employees are not rewarded, the worst employees get the same raises, bonuses as everyone else. 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: When Will You Upgrade to SQL Server 2012?

    This kind of puts people into a quandary because on the one hand the business for whatever reason(s) is not ready for the upgrade, and then on the other hand...

    "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: A Lifetime of Software

    nwerner (4/27/2012)


    "They can't outsource OT."

    Are you sure about that?:-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: A Lifetime of Software

    Joe Johnson-482549 (4/27/2012)


    I've been officially in IT for the past 20 years (anniversary in June). I would not encourage my children to go into it.

    I read with...

    "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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