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  • RE: Stress – It’s Not Fair

    In my experience, the "other team" stress has usually been worse, because of how blame was distributed. In one case, it never seemed to matter what had happened for most...

  • RE: Are You Easy To Work With?

    I approach the stakeholders and warn them I'll be regularly trying to pick their brains so I can properly understand their needs.

    It has been about half and half for me....

  • RE: Are You Easy To Work With?

    When the team does the equivalent of locking the door to the cubes and finds that a meeting with the business people the equivalent of an hour of water torture,...

  • RE: Are You Easy To Work With?

    Whenever I hear "perfect is the enemy of good" is usually means, "I like my idea and I don't understand your idea, so do it my way". I have been...

  • RE: Would You Rather Work for a Strong or Weak Manager?

    I'd like a strong manager, and I'd like to commute to work with a jet pack. I've given up on hoping a strong manager will come along some day. I'm...

  • RE: Keeping Your Soul

    djackson 22568 (8/15/2011)


    Capitalism (which by the way is NOT a political term at all) works by individuals striving to improve their own lot in life by working hard.

    dictionary.comcap·i·tal·ism ...

  • RE: Keeping Your Soul

    I've been on the other side of the donation picture too. Some of my friends will not take a donation from Wal-Mart for example. They don't want to put "Our...

  • RE: Keeping Your Soul

    Steve Jones - SSC Editor (8/15/2011)


    In my mind, being able to sleep at night without worry, being comfortable explaining your actions to your wife/kids/parents are good measuring sticks for determining...

  • RE: Keeping Your Soul

    A completely recoverable resource, managed by the sun's rays causes all water to cycle through our environment - yet people shouldn't use as much?

    That is oversimplified. If you are...

  • RE: Keeping Your Soul

    The obvious problem is knowing what a soul is. Even avoiding a discussion of the supernatural, and changing to a word like ethical, there are still dilemas that are not...

  • RE: How Far Will You Go (To Work)?

    I live in a county in Minnesota that doesn't have many jobs, so my options are few. My wife did the right thing and had a job before moving here....

  • RE: The Market

    I am in Duluth, MN and the numbers are about 25% lower, however I don't think there are many DBA's here that have job descriptions that match to larger markets....

  • RE: Here's a Reason to Document

    I have only had rare cases of finding code on the Internet and using it directly. Mostly due to version incompatibility, but just as often, the code just doesn't compile....

  • RE: The Poor Soul

    Being ready to quit/get terminated shouldn't affect your job. You still proceed as if you will keep this job for the next 5 years, but it's a safety net I'd...

  • RE: The Poor Soul

    So it makes sense if the company pays for your education but makes you sign an agreement that you will stay for a set time.

    I thought that was illegal?

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