I woudn't call MS Access or Excel a "low end development tool". Primarily they are general purpose tools for data analysis and reporting, and they are actually state of the...

Often times it's good to just let the end users "prototype" their own applications in MS Access or Excel. The trial and error process is practically part of the discovery...

I agree...

The purpose of schemas are to logically organize objects in your data model. For...

Anyone who says that coding while listening to political talk radio makes them more productive has to be lying or is just fooling themselves.

I work on an office building floor where there are about 200 cubicles. Being cold and flu season, one thing I've noticed is that if one person coughs, then it...

Not often, but I sometimes turn on something like smooth jaz or classical music, if I'm working on repetitive tasks like deploying scripts, reading through a long list of emails,...

chrisn-585491 (12/1/2010)

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There's more than 3. One of the ones I hate is the smart slackers that expect you to do all the work while they waste time and take credit...

Wether it's appropriate to bring up salary during an interview depends on what type of interview it is. If it's just a technical interview where you're sitting across the table...

anyone who says they are a 10 has reached the pinnacle in their career. they are done. time to move on to something else. no one knows it all. you...

K. Brian Kelley (11/17/2010)

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Brandon Forest (11/17/2010)

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Maybe a 5.

When I started out in the IT field, DOS 2.11 was the dominant PC operating system. I learned to do everything in...

Ed Salva (11/17/2010)

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Eric Russell 13013 (11/17/2010)

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Ed Salva (11/17/2010)

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Is there a scale?

In the 20+ I've been playing with computers (and being a small shop generalist), I've found that I know...

Ed Salva (11/17/2010)

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Is there a scale?

In the 20+ I've been playing with computers (and being a small shop generalist), I've found that I know even less than when I...

From what I've seen, the more insular a developer is, the more likely they are to overestimate their expertise. A college student, hobbyist, or even a developer at a small...

When I was grade school, back in the 70s before personal computers were common in homes or even offices, I used to love reading those Choose Your Own Adventure books,...