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  • RE: Rethinking Hiring

    Just like there are organizations that just don't "get" IT development, there are organizations that don't "get" how to hire and retain quality IT professionals. Relying on a transactional relationship...

  • RE: The Auditor Attack Vector

    Steve Jones - SSC Editor (12/1/2015)


    With regards to compensation, when I managed 10 DBAs, 9 of them made more than me.

    Something like HR or financial data, especially when it's been...

  • RE: The Auditor Attack Vector

    mjh 45389 (12/1/2015)


    Plugging an unknown USB drive into your computer is one of the daftest things anyone can do. Besides the risk of viruses and malware there were some around...

  • RE: Giving Thanks

    The Pilgrim colonists were British, and Britain had a very profitable enterprise in the New World for a couple of centuries, so there is no reason for Thanksgiving not to...

  • RE: The Auditor Attack Vector

    "Did you know that you have programmers making more than some of their managers?, " the caller asked, quoting the specific people and their salaries.

    It's not surprising that senior level...

  • RE: Leave Developers Alone

    TomThomson (11/26/2015)


    GilaMonster (7/25/2011)


    There's no need to bug developers every hour or so checking on what they are doing or how far they are.

    I agree 100%. But does that...

  • RE: NoSQL Complaints

    Much of the NoSQL vs RDMS debate boils down to application developers looking for a more practical persistence layer. If that's the case, then the DBA should simply take a...

  • RE: NoSQL Complaints

    .. One thing in the piece I did notice is that it's likely that we will see more platforms and products incorporate both RDBMS and non-RDBMS technologies together. We see...

  • RE: Just Say No

    Aaron N. Cutshall (11/25/2015)


    Gary Varga (11/25/2015)


    Some people struggle to take no for an answer so at times, as a freelancer, I have had to paint the picture of the most...

  • RE: Hadoop many flavors of SQL

    YesSQL !

    Apparently coding MapRedice is ok for academics and geeks, but as Hadoop's usage expanded into the commercial realm (ie: paying customers), folks started asking:

    "Where's the SQL?".

  • RE: Early Adopters

    Gary Varga (11/20/2015)


    Eric M Russell (11/20/2015)


    I think there are maybe three types of MVPs: those who scout ahead exploring the latest version of SQL Server or how to push the...

  • RE: Early Adopters

    I think there are maybe three types of MVPs: those who scout ahead exploring the latest version of SQL Server or how to push the product to it's limits, those...

  • RE: Private Data

    When I backup files from my personal PC to the cloud, they are encrypted zip archives, so regardless of whether the account were accessed by a legal search warrant, passively...

  • RE: Private Data

    Gary Varga (11/18/2015)


    Eric M Russell (11/18/2015)


    ...we witness a college intern, a guy who is a friend in fact, smoking illegal dope in the parking lot on his lunch break...

    I think...

  • RE: Private Data

    djackson 22568 (11/18/2015)


    Gary Varga (11/18/2015)


    With regards to "just following orders", I agree that everyone should have their own red line. John's example is one that probably is beyond the red...

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