Brilliant!

Now if we could get more organizations to recognize the need for mentoring programs and start establishing them.

I started to say "companies", then remembered a newspaper article I read about...

I appoligize if I seemed to be taking personal potshots at you. That wasn't my intent.

I have heard exactly the same complaints from both IT and general business people...

repicurus (3/22/2011)

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(1) Lack of insight (and ignorance) on the part of the "other business units" (OBU) as to what, exactly, IT people do, how they do it, and WHY it...

I think SOX has had a negative effect on business in the US, mostly because it has become a scape goat or excuse in many instances.

IT empires with...

And to think we ran a company of 120+ employees and 7 terminals on a PDP-11/34a with 128KB of memory. And before the 11/34a it was a PDP-8E with...

When would I change archived data? Never.

Would I add in offsetting transactions if appropriate, auditable, and agreed upon by higher powers? Yes. Without all three? Never.

If the BI project is not being driven top down your engaging in nothing more than mental masturbation.

Doesn't mean you shouldn't do it, because as noted above, the experience...

When I got back into IT 3 years ago after a 6 year hiatus I quickly discovered I stood no chance of knowing everything I htought I needed to and...

tim.short (12/14/2010)

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At some point, the main user leaves and then the system invariably goes wrong - IT then get a call and are asked to fix the system that the...

Do what you enjoy, and eventually the money will come. Even if it doesn't being happy and poor is still the better option.

Don't be afraid to take big chances....

I started out 32 1/2 years ago with training as a mainframe programmer on a Honeywell 6000 in the Air Force.

I've been through so many different languages and hardware I...

Perhaps they could consider using something like the "propane refrigerator" (http://www.warehouseappliance.com/HowLPfridgeWorks.html) concept to increase the efficiency of their AC units.

I'm not sure just how efficient they try...

Too bad they can't bottle all the excess heat and donate it to the poor in major northern cities.

Perhaps some of these large datacenters will consider locating in major urban...

david_wendelken (10/5/2010)

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bwillsie-842793 (10/5/2010)

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And, unfortunately, absolutely no one wants that, as everyone has a different opinion on what "equal" means.

Everyone wants...

And, unfortunately, absolutely no one wants that, as everyone has a different opinion on what "equal" means.

Everyone wants to go...