I started my career as a Geophysicist - I hated computers and how much extra work I had to do in my honours thesis because of the complexity of punch...

These articles are very well written, even an accidental DBA like myself can understand the logic in what you are describing. The actual examples also make it far clearer to...

Early in my career I had to do some data entry tasks and I hated the cobbled together system the company used. So I built my own data entry program...

I have been travelling extensively for nearly 20 years with my job(s). I love being in the places I get to go - certainly they never even vaguely resemble places...

I too enjoy my alone time, but it is broken up into periods during the day.

I am working from home in Sydney Australia, dealing with people in Brisbane -...

It is true about sticks and stones etc etc. However I have always found that the title "IT guy" is somehow used to diminish the status and importance of the...

Think IT is bad? try IT in the Mining industry. After a long time with very few vacations I finally cracked and went away - Funny thing happened - NOTHING...

Answering a question with a question - why is it that so many people are surprised by what IT people will do to get the job done?. Are we so...

I would just congratulate the guys who have created and maintained this site, for finally being justly rewarded for their amazing efforts.

As to all the bleating about Red Gate ruining...

I learned to program on a computer called a Mitsui Sord in a language called MBasic. This machine had awsome colour graphics for its day (early 80's) From Hoyle's book...