I'm not a beer connoisseur and don't care for the small batch gourmet stuff. When I drink beer, I'm either drinking Miller High Life.

Style 120 actually doesn't strip out the time portion of the datetime, so what they're doing makes no sense. I doubt the...

Steve Jones - SSC Editor (7/25/2012)

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mtucker-732014 (7/23/2012)

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My recent experience was a rating in which my manager told me (and was obviously embarrassed to do so) that the reason he wasnt...

miapjp (7/24/2012)

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Well thanks, everyone, I appreciate the responses! While I'd like to do database stuff all day long, working at a small business means in one day I can...

Jeff Moden (7/23/2012)

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Eric M Russell (7/23/2012)

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Regardless of that formal methodology is used for appraisals, I expect that most managers mentally "stack rank" the employees in their department anyhow. What we're...

Regardless of that formal methodology is used for appraisals, I expect that most managers mentally "stack rank" the employees in their department anyhow. What we're talking about here is a...

hakim.ali (7/20/2012)

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I first heard of the stack ranking system in MBA school, on a case study. I believe it was Jack Welch, famous CEO of GE, that pioneered the system...

I can see how stack ranking would be a useful tool for a company who has a tight budget for pay raises and performance bonuses, or a company which is...

djackson 22568 (7/16/2012)

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I am positive you were making a point that does not deserve the rant above, so I put it in rant tags in the hopes you...

Doctor Who 2 (7/14/2012)

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Steve Jones - SSC Editor (7/9/2012)

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Good points, and I...

Todd Payne (7/12/2012)

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Thanks for that example. Truth is hard, and it gets even harder when we want to communicate the truth. There is so much room for interpretation....

The single view of the truth is something I think all DBAs and "data people" want. We want to know that a customer is a customer is a customer. We...

djackson 22568 (7/10/2012)

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Eric M Russell (7/10/2012)

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TravisDBA (7/9/2012)

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The idea is that you want to prove you have value to the company, whatever your position. Make sure they see you as valuable,...

TravisDBA (7/9/2012)

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The idea is that you want to prove you have value to the company, whatever your position. Make sure they see you as valuable, or I would advise you...

Self-serve online trading has been around for a couple of decades, but that hasn't reduced the demand for stock brokers and financial planners.