I find it especially difficult when, as an industry, there are different interpretations of the same role title. In this situation, once you understand what the role title means at...

TomThomson (2/10/2010)

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I wonder if the feature is all that important? It seems to me to be something that would only get used very rarely, and for such infrequent use...

He could tell you but then he'd have to... (sorry, couldn't...

I occasionally deal with monetary systems (i.e. actual money transactions) but mainly produce business administration systems (i.e. where money, if referred to, is only a figure to report on). Whilst...

I tend to think it is best to have a set of goals and a set of aims which are regularly revised.

Goals are relatively short term and must be clearly...

I'll chip in!!!

Don't tell me that you too have read the UML spec which talks about Meta-Metadata :pinch:

Eric M Russell (9/2/2014)

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I didn't build most of the software running this site, but I do think that SQLServerCentral as a total entity is the thing I'm most proud of....

Whilst we may or may not be saving lives we certainly can be the cause of losing them. I should imagine that if we are overworking individuals and their output...

I would prefer not to give the younger me any advice. Not because I have had a perfect career, or even life, but because I made choices based on what...

GilaMonster (9/1/2014)

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...I've found most are happy enough with a "I'm on vacation, can we discuss this when I get back?". The ones who aren't are usually ones I'm not keen...

I have to say that I have become proud as I now feel part of the SSC community. So much so that I get different senses of anticipation depending on...

The issue is similar, but not the same, for freelancers. There is a fear that one cannot ignore calls from agencies, queries from the current client or contact from previous...

Tom, there is nothing to stop a company documenting that they cannot find a cost effective solution and are prepared to take the risk. They just can't ignore it if...

Doctor Who 2 (8/29/2014)

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In some of the software I've written I've made it write to the event log. And personally I really like doing that. I can put in detailed...