Good, well-written article and having worked with SSIS, not too hard to understand and follow. I suppose if you had to generate this kind of Excel output on a...

Speaking for my two college-age children, the answer is Objects. Kids in their High School were more than willing to use technology but I cannot recall a single kid...

As much as I might agree with the general thrust and intention of your comments, you have missed some balance in your editorial by pointing out that sometimes, extended help...

My answer would be Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain.

Before becoming a Civil War hero and great man (and later President of Bowdoin college in Maine), Chamberlain became a hero on Little Roundtop...

I would have loved to work at Microsoft in its heyday - say the early 80's - but today? No thanks. Microsoft fans and devotees love to announce...

One of the toughest things about hiring people is that you want someone who is motivated and to some degree a self-starter, but you also want a team player -...

Hmmm, invest in my career? How about getting a rebate on the prior investments in my career?

About five months ago I finally started cleaning out my basement of all...

I cant speak directly for DBAs, but as a developer for many years I always responded to people the same way when they used to ask what I did for...

Excellent article Wagner!

Thank you very much!

Excellent observations Phil, and very right-on with the reality in most businesses.

I would also point out that the tools we use these days in software development, are directly contributing to...

I guess this makes people like me part of Generation W, or if you like, old farts, fossils, whatever. We were there before there were any PC's on desktops,...

This is a timely editorial, although you did not mention that the blog you referenced makes remarks about Microsoft Office which at this point, is more vulnerable than Office has...

I can understand your view points except when it comes to talking about Microsoft...

On the one hand, I am thankful for Microsoft. Clearly, in my career, I have made...

I got into computers and software in the late 1970's when we were truly considered to be "Wizards". At that time "Geek" was still a derogatory term, so "wizard"...

We have never had a good solid profile or definition of what a DBA "is" and this has been a long-time complaint from many of us. Without such a...