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  • RE: Sharing Code

    Michael Valentine Jones (1/26/2011)


    "Small minds copy ideas but great minds steal them outright and make them their own."

    Or something like that, can't remember exactly where I stole that line.

    How...

  • RE: We Are Not a Meritocracy

    YSLGuru (1/26/2011)


    Somehow I missed this one when it first came around and so I'm more than a month late to the debate.

    There's not much truer then what Steve said in...

  • RE: What Not To Say

    andre.quitta (1/26/2011)


    A lot of the dumb answers come down to the employee not helping the manager. Someone a long time ago told me that his primary (and only) job function...

  • RE: What Not To Say

    Yes, but all things are rarely equal.

    If you want something, you have to be prepared to negotiate. If you're going to negotiate, you have to give some room to maneouvre....

  • RE: What Not To Say

    boulang (1/26/2011)


    Assuming the employee seeking the raise is not full of bs about the other offer

    Well, there is the rub, it's been my experience in the past people have used...

  • RE: What Not To Say

    boulang (1/26/2011)


    If someone comes to you and says they have a better offer from another company can you match it, they are basically saying "I would rather work for you,...

  • RE: What Not To Say

    "Surprise I'm outta here" is a poor way to handle the situation. No matter what the situation is, you ought to work with your boss to transition.

    Not always, if...

  • RE: What Not To Say

    Well here is seven to start with 😀 I don't like any of these but #5 really kills me and I hear that all the time. Talk about a...

  • RE: What Not To Say

    cfradenburg (1/26/2011)


    TravisDBA (1/26/2011)


    It works on my machine: I have always wanted to answer this with a "Who gives a <insert four letter expletive here>?" My actual responses haven't been that...

  • RE: What Not To Say

    I'm not sure if more memory will help: You could substitute CPU or disk drives for memory in this one, but it's your job to know. If you don't, learn...

  • RE: Sharing Code

    WayneS (1/25/2011)


    TravisDBA (1/25/2011)


    WayneS (1/25/2011)


    Plagiarism - no, I won't allow it.

    Copying code and using it: I prefer that the code comments have a link to where it was found. But, most...

  • RE: Sharing Code

    WayneS (1/25/2011)


    Plagiarism - no, I won't allow it.

    Copying code and using it: I prefer that the code comments have a link to where it was found. But, most importantly... see...

  • RE: Sharing Code

    I once nicely suggested to a Indian coworker who was always trying to reinvent the wheel when it came to solutions and many times just wasted a lot of company...

  • RE: Data Scientists

    Job titles and your name on your office door don't mean anything today IMHO, show me the money! 😀

  • RE: Restore point in time

    Eric Russell 13013 (1/17/2011)


    TravisDBA (1/17/2011)


    ... I actually interviewed at a position once where the manager stated right out front that ALL of his developer staff had sysadmin rights to ALL...

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