I do think its going to become the norm.

I see it being driven by individuals who want a consistent environment where they have predictable privileges when moving from company to...

It is definitely quite tricky to retain the information.

I keep a personal digital diary where I try and reference code , write a blog and I ve recently signed up...

Sean Redmond (12/2/2015)

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Rethinking re-hiring means getting Personnel/H.R. out of the hiring-process. The direct manager of the hire-to-be should be conducting the interviews and choosing those to be interviewed. I admonished...

The older I get the more I realise the shear inefficiency of people's ability to communicate both what they want and what they can provide.

Certificates have in the past been...

Unfortunately I've seen bad managers go off on sick and watched as productivity improved.

I love self directed time - and it varies a bit through the year how much I get. Often self directed time actually gives me more self directed time because...

I remember going to to the London British Museum last year and looking at an exhibit of record keeping from one of the ancient civilizations. They were financial records written...

I don't think its probably an issue for those kind of small Access / VBA applications. Some of those applications can be complicated but typically will be internal only applications...

Employ good trustworthy people that have an interest in the domain and the technology and encourage them to be responsible and empowered. Occasionally swap them out to give a chance...

I think this is very much dependent on what you are trying to achieve difficult tasks sometimes require technical competence first.

Of course if you are technically competent yourself you can...

If SQL professionals are needing a tool to help them visualize spatial datasets I would recommend QGIS - an open source digital mapping package that can easily be configured to...

I consider that I do have a duty to my colleagues to wear clean ironed clothes.

I could see in some industries I would have to generally be very...

Eric I read through your previous posts 4 years ago and thought them very valid.

In my opinion the only CEOs that are really good at defining Corporate and Operational Strategies...

I completely agree and certainly try not to stress,stress in itself is not productive (even in life and death situations), BUT ...

Ultimately I feel a personal obligation to do...

I am more of an accidental DBA and the data sets I manage are actually incredibly small however they are highly relational and particularly complicated as such my blog is...