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  • RE: Gratitude

    Regarding the lack of women in DBA roles; I have seen far more female programmers, and I've seen a LOT more female BI developers and female project managers. Now that...

    "Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Instead, seek what they sought." - Matsuo Basho

  • RE: What is DevOps?

    Just like there is more to SCRUM than daily stand-ups and index cards, there is also more to DevOps than just programmers with production logins.

    "Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Instead, seek what they sought." - Matsuo Basho

  • RE: Gratitude

    I believe that in the IT world, and this probably goes as well for most any peer oriented professional industry, the jerks either drop out early... or they get promoted...

    "Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Instead, seek what they sought." - Matsuo Basho

  • RE: The Auditor Attack Vector

    Here is an interesting read. It's a cautionary tale and a good example of why you need clear requirements, executive signoff, and formal review process before releasing bulk data files.

    ..After...

    "Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Instead, seek what they sought." - Matsuo Basho

  • RE: NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM Account Executing Queries

    This account NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM is a local windows server account used as the default account under which some SQL Server services (backup, replication, ?, etc.) run under.

    It's odd that it...

    "Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Instead, seek what they sought." - Matsuo Basho

  • RE: Rethinking Hiring

    lnardozi 61862 (12/2/2015)


    Here is the problem in a nutshell - salary opacity and salary equality.

    Demigod of SQL = x$

    Seat Filler = x$

    Unfortunately, just as much money is allocated by management...

    "Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Instead, seek what they sought." - Matsuo Basho

  • 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...

    "Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Instead, seek what they sought." - Matsuo Basho

  • 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...

    "Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Instead, seek what they sought." - Matsuo Basho

  • 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...

    "Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Instead, seek what they sought." - Matsuo Basho

  • 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...

    "Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Instead, seek what they sought." - Matsuo Basho

  • 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...

    "Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Instead, seek what they sought." - Matsuo Basho

  • 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...

    "Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Instead, seek what they sought." - Matsuo Basho

  • 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...

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  • 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...

    "Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Instead, seek what they sought." - Matsuo Basho

  • 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...

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