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  • RE: What is your opinion on Outsourcing?

    How would you make it illegal for a US company from contracting with a company overseas to work on IT projects?

    I'm not so sure we can make it illegal, but...

    "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: The Death March

    Done, this topic has been moved over to "Anything not SQL". It is a very important topic that I feel more people need to be aware of that affects our...

    "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: The Death March

    Sorry to have strayed off topic.

    No problem guys, consider it closed. However, I have seen many threads stray off topic in this forum before, I have even heard it justified....

    "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: The Death March

    You know, I don't know that this needs any kind of legislation. The middle ground is horrible for everyone involved except the companies who get forced labor at cheap prices.

    This...

    "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: The Death March

    Stefan Krzywicki (5/28/2010)


    TravisDBA (5/28/2010)


    Stefan Krzywicki (5/28/2010)


    Early in my career as a contractor I was told "This has to be done by next monday, I don't care how many hours it...

    "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: The Death March

    Stefan Krzywicki (5/28/2010)


    Early in my career as a contractor I was told "This has to be done by next monday, I don't care how many hours it takes". I got...

    "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: Would You Do Your Hobby for a Living

    I absolutely love Texas Hold'em Poker and I would love to do it full time, but I am just not that good to turn pro....yet! 😀

    "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: Does the Job Matter To You?

    On 1 it is very essential to have a middle person who understands both dialects well who can be a good translator and is in on all conversations. On one...

    "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: Does the Job Matter To You?

    Based on many years in the IT industry. Outsourcing to India has presented two main problems for us in IT in the past:

    1. Communication - This is partly due...

    "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: The Death March

    I usually turn off when I hear "Work hard, play hard". 1) 'Work hard' usually means "We work 60-hour weeks" and I don't work 60-hour weeks, 2) 'Play Hard' either...

    "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: The Death March

    OCTom (5/26/2010)


    TravisDBA ,

    It could very well be that they didn't care.

    They talked a good game, though. The way they presented themselves to the public made it look like they were...

    "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: SQL Connections 2010

    I plan on attending this fall. Looking forward to it. My boss just went and he said it was absolutely fantastic.Will you be posting the speakers on SQLServerCentral once they...

    "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: The Death March

    skjoldtc (5/25/2010)


    One place I worked had constant "death marches". I couldn't believe they thought it was good for their employees.

    They probably didn't care. 😀

    "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: The Death March

    Work smarter, not harder, I say. At one of the places I worked they outsourced most of their web development to India and paid those people next to nothing and...

    "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: Does the Job Matter To You?

    Dan.Humphries (5/21/2010)


    I don't disagree that government will and has interefered with the private sector but I am not paranoid enough yet to beleive that policy will affect the kind of...

    "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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