Experience trumps education

Achievements trumps Experience.

My heart sinks when I read "Responsible for". It doesn't say whether you were hands on, whether you achieved something or whether you just...

Wonderful idea, pure common-sense. Will never work. You face the devil's own job to get a people in the same company to sit in a room and come...

Face to face is extremely effective because the communication is verbal and visual and a true dialogue.

Written communication gives the opportunity to think before acting but requires a great deal...

I think the point is that diversity should not be blocked. I wouldn't put diversity at the forefront of a selection process. I'm not comfortable with it being even...

I haven't seen bad things with proc recompiles since the SQL2000 days. Every generation of SQLSERVER advances a little bit more rendering old hard won knowledge and techniques obsolete...

If you turn up to an interview as Britain's worst presented compost heap then more fool you. You don't know who you are going to meet, whether visitors to...

Some time ago I saw an article where the author had noticed a problem with a query where the principle condition was WHERE OrderDate BETWEEN @StartDate AND @EndDate.

The problem that...

gary.strange-sqlconsumer (4/21/2015)

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Steve Jones - SSC Editor (2/24/2015)

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azhuravel3343 (2/24/2015)

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Mr Strange

I appreciate the information but it also would be helpful to list title/ISBN of Itzik Ben Gan book that you are referring...

Makes for uncomfortable reading but the truth will ouch

I think there is scope for a "Stairway to DB source control". I'm not volunteering for it as I'm too much of a beginner.

I've just about got the hang...

When I say "I have to give direct table access" what I mean is having had an ORM inflicted on me the ORM fans will now push for direct table...

ORMs are fine for prototyping.

The issues I have with them are:

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