Im amused by "rouge" developers!

We should do what we can do. Correlation requires a lot more effort, so we should make them spend the effort if they do access to...

I biked to work for my first job, about 5 miles, was good, if miserable on cold/raining days!

Jack, do they have a reason for requiring the break?

Thanks for the discussion so far. I'm not advocating joining the Borg collective, in practice I think I'm genetically coded to be a non-conformist, but I also live in the...

Interesting part on the alerts that don't fire, worth the read right there.

Still, it's a bit of fun to tweak Steve for getting the logic backwards. First time in months I do the QOD and I get it wrong (right)!

From the outside they appear to have evolved to have an interesting and diverse culture. Surviving a 100 years is interesting for sure.

For most people it is always going to be incremental gains. There are times when we get a promotion or change jobs and get a bump, but sooner or later...

Ed, I agree about Scrum, it's a very interesting formula.

I also agree about velocity. Being in IT isn't the easy job, trying to figure out how to do things quickly...

I think the only thing I would add is that it's absolutely ok to time box your volunteerism. If you want to volunteer the whole day that's terrific, but if...

Phil, what would you think if you were on the side of the table and someone applied that kind of "leverage"? It's not to say it doesn't work sometimes, most...

Jeff, a very nicely done write up! I know it took a lot of time to put together, thanks for continuing to do this kind of work and share with...

Simon, we agree it's important to not confuse coaching (how-to & how do I) with mentoring. We're working on some definitions and examples because the lines between the two are...

Blandry, we kept the focus on SQL as one of the ways we scoped the experiment to keep it manageable. Absolutely mentoring goes beyond SQL, even beyond career. We wouldn't...

LSCIV - I don't think IOPS will disappear, just that we'll get a budget of them and/or an SLA, and someone else will handle all the ugly details of disks...