It helps to have cross-funtional team meetings.

Professional atheletes, school teachers, and midwives have special moments and inspirational stories to tell about their work. For those of us in IT, what we do for a living doesn't...

P Jones (12/20/2013)

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I'm in the UK and have 31.5 days leave (1.5 added in place of compulsory shutdowns) which was 26.5 until 5 years service complete. Plus Bank Holidays. Then...

The other day, I went to the office, and after checking email and task list saw there was nothing requiring my immediate attention, so I took the day off and...

I don't know when the last time I've had two consecutive weeks off from work, except when I was between jobs or contracts. However, I still squeeze in about three...

Lynn Pettis (12/12/2013)

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Eric M Russell (12/12/2013)

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Why pay a contractor $100,000+ a year to shuffle your backup tapes and network logins, when they could hire a full time staff member...

Lynn Pettis (12/11/2013)

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jim.drewe (12/11/2013)

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Lynn

I normally don't follow up on these types of tracks, but I think what I was trying to say (and presumably what the other gentlemen was also...

Lynn Pettis (12/11/2013)

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Eric M Russell (12/11/2013)

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jim.drewe (12/11/2013)

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Eric ... I would heartily agree. Unfortunately, executives in publicly held companies listen to Wall Street, not the common sense from subordinates. ...

jim.drewe (12/11/2013)

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Eric ... I would heartily agree. Unfortunately, executives in publicly held companies listen to Wall Street, not the common sense from subordinates. If Wall Street says a...

VictorSQL (12/6/2013)

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It would appear that a 'Database Administrator' is whatever the organization wants you to be for the role and goals to be accomplished.

In a 10-year period, I had worked...

What should the job duties of a Senior Database Administrator (DBA) be? If you started a new job as a Sr. DBA what would you expect to be doing...

I have heard that the most talented people tried to ensure they weren't working on the same team with other talented people, just to ensure they would continue to be...

jim.drewe (12/4/2013)

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The problem for most (if not all) bigger shops is offshore outsourcing. I had talks with my management (CTO level) concerning the risk of having non-employees, non-citizen offshore residents...

Gary Varga (12/2/2013)

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Lynn Pettis (12/2/2013)

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When I first started working with SQL Server I was also heavily involved with the hardware and OS (NT 4.0). I was the backup for...

In a large organization, database administrator (DBO) should be a different role from system administrator (SYSADMIN). There are plenty of roles where a DBA basically just needs to be the...