Eric M Russell (10/30/2014)

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The impression I get is that most of these hacks targeting big retailers are actually not database penetrations. Malware gets installed on the Point Of Sale terminals,...

Background checks: yes.

Drugs checks: why?

I know that when applying for a UK government position (be it...

I think that when looking at industry in general we can see what can work and what doesn't. Following the deliberate actions at Enron etc., Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) has ensured that...

John Hanrahan (10/29/2014)

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This is part of "continuous learning" value I believe in. It does not just apply to your job. It means being engaged in your job and...

Is that in reference to the improper use of the IFCode or the joke that...

If there is any slack then people should be looking at things they can improve. Sometimes this becomes key when you get management hearing buzzwords and asking "Why aren't we...

RP1966 (10/29/2014)

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Andrew..Peterson (10/28/2014)

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What I find interesting is that many in business love to watch sports, where the players are as critical to the team as the manager/coach. But...

FunkyDexter (10/28/2014)

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Heck, I have! I think this sort of behaviour exists at all levels roughly equally. It's rare (most folks are pretty professional at all levels in...

Thanks Miles. It was worth the wait.

In the late 80s\early 90s in the UK there was a big wave of surreal comedy. I liked it a lot. It was full...

FunkyDexter (10/28/2014)

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I have to say I found the article to be overly simplistic. It essentially says:-

Some managers are bad => all managers are bad

Some companies have too many managers...

In response to the Oracle 7%, I believe that this is a historical hangover. When a lot of SQL Server installations were maintained by good intentioned accidental DBAs then I...

cdesmarais 49673 (10/27/2014)

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It's not magic. It's also not a free lunch. There are tradeoffs even beyond the extra up front work of TDD and automation. CI is...

Eric M Russell (10/27/2014)

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salvatore.contino (10/27/2014)

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Maybe its a fear of heights or itchy toes or perhaps, "step on a crack and break your mother's back" paranoia, but I NEVER EVER would...

PatrickIndex (10/27/2014)

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I agree with j_e_o's point regarding worthless meetings. The number of pointless, badly managed, non-minuted, no agenda meetings I have had to attend in my working life is almost...

I recently worked on a project with CI but controlled releases. This was in part due to the separate rate at which different tiers and components delivered in a complex...