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  • RE: Data Sprawl

    nawillia:

    Just waiting for retirement or to hit the lottery after being beaten to submission by the corporate culture.

    I'll be waiting for retirement by waiting for my databases to recover. IT...

  • RE: Data Sprawl

    Steve:

    Didn't mean to imply it's easy to do, but rather if you've used *nix and windows and OSX, you move between them without an issue. There's no "reset".

    I do move...

  • RE: Data Sprawl

    There's two issues I've seen with your posting Steve.

    As a normal developer, you can't go from MS to Linux with ease. Unless you have spent serious time understanding the...

  • RE: Whatever happened to Database Table Refactoring?

    re: MySQL I'm going to say the licence cost issue is a big one these days, and seems to be more onerous than it has been. I've not had to...

  • RE: The Counter Offer - Part 2

    Wow, powerful words, if you don't mind me asking who is your mentor? He sounds like a strong character.

    No. He is well known in the SQL Server field. You...

  • RE: The Counter Offer - Part 2

    The counter offer decision has become very easy for me. I never take it. In over 30 years of experience and many moves, I've always been better off after a...

  • RE: Big Data Problems

    If your managers don't listen to you, why? What are you not doing that you can control? I have seen many people fail to make a change because their presentation...

  • RE: Overheard in Scandinavia

    I must be getting old (okay, I AM getting old), but when did eavesdropping go from being impolite to being more-or-less accepted?

    Being overhead at a Python conference cost two developers...

  • RE: The Scientific Method

    This sounds like a good way to actually build a piece of software.

    Software isn't science, it's engineering. (And a lot of it is Redneck Engineering...) 😛

  • RE: A Clock With Benefits

    Wow, what a confusing mess of test and pictures the article is! Imagine trying to explain what a surgeon or a civil engineer does and how to manage them in...

  • RE: Surfing

    I'm still paddling...

    Just talked to someone about a position that pays 1.5 times my current salary. Turns out I'm over-experienced/over-qualified for it... :crazy:

  • RE: Your Portfolio

    Portfolio?

    This exists on the servers of my employer. Anything remotely related to work must be vetted by them. This is why I do OSS on my time and MS...

  • RE: SQL DBA to Big Data

    However, I keep an eye out and observe the other stuff as it comes along. I'm pretty excited about DocumentDB...

    I'd be excited about DocumentDB if I could run it locally...

  • RE: But we've always done it that way…

    Many moons ago in the Web 1.0 boom, I inherited a reporting system that was so slow that the database connection was timing out. Turns out the programmers didn't study...

  • RE: How To Keep Up with SQL Server

    Do you need to keep up with the latest features of the latest SQL Server? Why would I ask such a question?

    Many organizations are conservative and budget conscience. You...

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