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  • RE: Big Gaps

    Not doing needed research first, and coming to meetings with half-thought out ideas and goals. I see this so much this in this industry, it is not even funny. I...

    "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: Outsourced = Laid Off?

    I got one better than that. "Politicians are like diapers. They both need changing regularly and for the same reason." 😀

    "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: Outsourced = Laid Off?

    Kiara (8/1/2011)


    GSquared (8/1/2011)


    It gets worse than just accents.

    I've had a multitude of people assume I'm not American, because I "speak well" instead of "talk good".

    :hehe: Sadly, my experiences with people...

    "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: Outsourced = Laid Off?

    cengland0 (7/29/2011)


    TravisDBA (7/28/2011)


    So, can you change your strong accent if you needed to? Absolutely Yes! Accents are not fixed. Any linguist will tell you that. 😀

    That's unfortunate actually. I...

    "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: Outsourced = Laid Off?

    cengland0 (7/28/2011)


    sturner (7/28/2011)


    There is a reason that in the United States one of the requirements for obtaining a pilot certificate is that the applicant be able to read and speak...

    "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: Outsourced = Laid Off?

    cengland0 (7/27/2011)


    GSquared (7/26/2011)


    Most company owners/managers won't get that "English" is actually a set of just barely recognizable languages, not just one. Easiest way to explain it to them 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: Outsourced = Laid Off?

    Craig Farrell (7/25/2011)


    TravisDBA (7/25/2011)


    Has nothing to do with nationality, etc. There can only be so many DaVinci's per generation.

    It does when you have to communicate with others, and strong...

    "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: Outsourced = Laid Off?

    Has nothing to do with nationality, etc. There can only be so many DaVinci's per generation.

    It does when you have to communicate with others, and strong dialects affect that...

    "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: Outsourced = Laid Off?

    I still think perception and truth are often confused at times. People see what they want to see and what people want to see never has anything to do 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"

  • RE: Outsourced = Laid Off?

    I don't think it came across that way. Then again must everything is taken from your own perception.

    Ir is very easy to confuse truth with perception and vice-cersa....

    "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 Little Interviewing Advice

    Jeff Moden (7/19/2011)


    TravisDBA (7/19/2011)


    Jeff Moden (7/17/2011)


    No problem. I'll send you my leftovers. 😀

    It's not about leftovers, its about defining and narrowing down what our priority needs are from 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: A Little Interviewing Advice

    Jeff Moden (7/17/2011)


    No problem. I'll send you my leftovers. 😀

    It's not about leftovers, its about defining and narrowing down what our priority needs are from a DBA here 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: Outsourced = Laid Off?

    Skilled people tend to keep jobs. Unskilled tend to lose them, and thus not get the experience needed to become skilled.

    In today's market I find just the opposite for...

    "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 Little Interviewing Advice

    opc.three (7/17/2011)


    TravisDBA (7/17/2011)


    I agree that being able to write decent queries and to read others' code is #2 on the list of talent for System DBA's... it's just a mandatory...

    "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: Outsourced = Laid Off?

    Therefore good communication is critical; linguistic impedance combined with a mismatch in terms of communicating with someone without some exposure to an American liberal arts education can be a detriment...

    "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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