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  • RE: Odd Questions

    How would you move Mt. Fuji?

    Define what we mean here by "move". Would simply renaming the mountain suit you?

  • RE: Odd Questions

    Sarah B (2/25/2011)


    The strangest interview question I was ever asked was: Why do think there is such a big homeless problem in the US?

    I don't remember my answer because...

  • RE: Odd Questions

    When I'm participating in candidate interviews, I will ask more general questions where I'm not looking for a specific canned answer but instead trying to guage the depth of their...

  • RE: Odd Questions

    mike.styers (2/25/2011)


    Circuit City - No longer exists. Interview for a developer position.

    First mgr asked.......

    If you were a color, what color would you be?

    Another mgr asked......

    If you were an operating...

  • RE: Commuting Pain

    Steve Jones - SSC Editor (2/24/2011)


    That happened when United moved from Seatle to Chicago. Some people did not move and there was some turnover.

    I've had a company do that and...

  • RE: Commuting Pain

    Steve Jones - SSC Editor (2/24/2011)


    TravisDBA (2/23/2011)


    The mindset of most managers will never support this at most companies. Most managers I know need to know you are on site to...

  • RE: Commuting Pain

    TravisDBA (2/23/2011)


    The mindset of most managers will never support this at most companies. Most managers I know need to know you are on site to verify you are working. That...

  • RE: Commuting Pain

    Indianrock (2/23/2011)


    You can certainly use email, messaging, skype etc as well as the phone, but one huge obstacle I've seen is that way too many people just can't read and...

  • RE: Commuting Pain

    I understand why many empoyers are reluctant for their staff to telecommute. However, there has also been a trend over the past 15 years where corporations have been moving their...

  • RE: Archiving Little Used Data

    Perhaps the best option is to keep the data online and in the database, but on a seperate read-only filegroups located on cheap drives. Those filegroups don't even need to...

  • RE: What's Your Code Quality?

    If your tables and relationships are normalized, you don't use cursors, you leverage views and functions appropriately to reduce duplication without compromising performance, use standard naming conventions, and handle transactions...

  • RE: Archiving Little Used Data

    There actually are methods to capture object access events for the purpose of maintaining usage data. We could do it with a SQL Profiler trace, filter on the appropriate events,...

  • RE: In Case of Breach

    Practically all database related breaches can be prevented by setting up user accounts with least privilege. Create a role that grants exec permission to only those stored procedures that the...

  • RE: What's Your Code Quality?

    The problem with metrics is that most company's simply don't have an official standard. Ask ten different managers (in the same department) to examine a piece of code, and you'll...

  • RE: Have an Extra Beer!

    For years I've been drinking about two cups of coffee a day with no concerns, but not because some guest on a morning TV news show suggested it's good for...

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