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  • RE: Outsourced = Laid Off?

    sturner (7/17/2011)


    TravisDBA (7/17/2011)


    I do contact my reps, and excuse me, it is my right to opine as much as I want. Remember the first amendment bud. 😀

    If you voted 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: Outsourced = Laid Off?

    Having just banged my head on the wall, repeatedly, trying to find a skilled SSIS person... no, it's skill, not just work.

    Maybe for YOUR situation it is. All...

    "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?

    sturner (7/17/2011)


    TravisDBA (7/17/2011)


    What you fail to grasp is that companies are competing in a world economy now.

    If rhat means keeping the same broken status quo we have right 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: Outsourced = Laid Off?

    Maybe you are not suited, or skilled enough, for the position you are looking for. Not saying you are, but consider it.

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    😀

    With all due respect, unless I know someone's...

    "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?

    What you fail to grasp is that companies are competing in a world economy now.

    If rhat means keeping the same broken status quo we have right now amidst record...

    "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

    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 item on...

    "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?

    In the UK some offshored jobs are coming back simply because the quality of the outsourced work was much poorer. Yes it was cheaper but the quality drop outweighed...

    "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 (7/16/2011)


    TravisDBA (7/15/2011)


    I'll take a good ADMIN over a good query person every time. 😀

    I'm greedy... I want and get both in the same person. 🙂 It sometimes...

    "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

    To me, a DBA isn't a DBA unless they also have some pretty decent T-SQL skills.

    T-SQL skills is a part of the job, but it is still just a part...

    "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?

    Revolutions are messy. Businesses get destroyed, cities get destroyed, lives get destroyed, and life for the average person gets a whole lot worse in the short term. I'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 Little Interviewing Advice

    Freddie-304292 (7/15/2011)


    This is good for testing their SQL query development skills, but when I am hiring a DBA I want to also know more about how he/she is going...

    "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?

    sturner (7/15/2011)


    TravisDBA (7/15/2011)


    Less government control is a better idea.

    Yeah, right... lets just let the free market continue along with their corrupt CEO's continuing to line their pockets, while millions...

    "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?

    Less government control is a better idea.

    Yeah, right... lets just let the free market continue along with their corrupt CEO's continuing to line their pockets, while millions get laid...

    "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 (7/15/2011)


    If they can find the support cheaper and it is as effective, they have more money for research tools, marketing techniques, and golf fees. If we...

    "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?

    billiam904 (7/15/2011)


    Lately, I've gone to and had phone interviews and the interviewer only had a few years of experience and virtually no management experience and the interviews are more like...

    "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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