This all depends on what "mode" your company is in on a daily basis. If they are in what I like to call "fire hose" mode then the boss is...

Evil Kraig F (12/12/2011)

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GSquared (12/12/2011)

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You're probably thinking of the (much later) Feudal-period "bards". Same job title, but more entertainer than keeper of lore. That's a post-literate development. ...

Analyzing business data versus administering it tends to fall under the "Business Intelligence" umbrella in most shops with BA's that specialize in exactly that kind of "slicing and dicing" of...

Good point, encrypting your hard disk is not going to prevent someone from stealing your entire laptop out of your car. 😀

I'll do anything short of moving heavy furniture,boxes, or machines around. I have a bad back and I stated that when I started. That is what Facilities Management is for...

Elliott Whitlow (12/7/2011)

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TravisDBA (12/7/2011)

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I think we are talking about two different things here. I am referring to the ability for someone to take sensitive databases offsite either in pieces or...

Elliott Whitlow (12/7/2011)

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TravisDBA (12/7/2011)

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Not exactly accurate. With the advent of people's medical/psychological historical data becoming more and more sensitive every day, I can think of virtually thousands of databases across...

Elliott Whitlow (12/7/2011)

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And perhaps my views on encryption color this view. I view TDE as overkill in 99.999% of the cases it is used for. In most databases...

Steve Jones - SSC Editor (12/5/2011)

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You're missing...

Lack of an arrogant, condescending, self serving attitude goes along way to being "easy to work with". Technical skills are crucial, but so can developing the "softer skills" as well,...

WolforthJ (11/28/2011)

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The chart went up in the break room, so everyone saw it when a project was behind and knew which team caused it. After a while we didn't...

Great article Andy! I am also reminded of great saying in our business that I use all the time to throw the stress back into their (BA's and PM's) court....

Not always.:-D

One of the smartest things I have heard...

Eric M Russell (10/28/2011)

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IceDread (10/28/2011)

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Even with the perfect security system there is always ways around it. Social engineering, bribery, threats. Someone wants to know something and perhaps you as DBA...