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  • RE: What are you worth?

    My first job after graduating was at a place that, at the time, were very secretive about salaries. Unfortunately the manager of the section left a spreadsheet on the printer...

    Gaz

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  • RE: What are you worth?

    I find the same is true for freelancer rates. These are the guidelines I follow:

  • never consider a rate that I would be dissatisfied with
  • ignore what any 3rd party receives (it...

    Gaz

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  • RE: Powershell Test-Path hanging

    Looks good from here. Sorry I couldn't help.

    I take it that you have written out to the console to ensure that it is freezing when you believe it is.

    Gaz

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  • RE: Powershell Test-Path hanging

    Without the context (a bit more of the script) I don't think I would have a clue. Sorry.

    Gaz

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  • RE: Programmatically create a New Network Location link Windows 7

    Thanks for posting the solution to your own problem. Very generous. Much appreciated.

    Gaz

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  • RE: Failure

    I found that it is not worth planning too much in advance in a technology career as technologies and the types of roles change over time.

    That doesn't mean that one...

    Gaz

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  • RE: Why Don't We Have Better Practices?

    I think that part of the reason is that we are not regulated so there is nothing to comply with. The other reason is that because we deal with abstract...

    Gaz

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  • RE: Better Training

    crmitchell (5/14/2014)


    Steve Jones - SSC Editor (5/14/2014)


    I'm torn here. I think good solid basics in an area are important. However I'm not sure to what depth someone needs relational knowledge....

    Gaz

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  • RE: Better Training

    Steve Jones - SSC Editor (5/14/2014)


    call.copse (5/14/2014)


    Having worked with a fair variety of programming types I can say weeding is a good plan - unfortunately there are not enough programmers...

    Gaz

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  • RE: Better Training

    My early learning of programming (including database programming) used an iterative approach.

  • First you would be taught the very basics i.e. theory of syntax (at such a simple level that just...

    Gaz

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  • RE: Just Enough know-how

    Nevyn (5/13/2014)


    Gary Varga (5/12/2014)


    Having seen the (terrible) level of knowledge that developers who think that they are experts in SQL Server have as well, I am little surprised at Jeff's...

    Gaz

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  • RE: Better Training

    Do not fool yourselves into how only woefully unprepared graduate DBAs are. The same is true for developers. It's just that graduate developers generally have delusions of adequacy!!!

    Gaz

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  • RE: Better Training

    Koen Verbeeck (5/13/2014)


    Thomas Abraham (5/13/2014)


    Gary Varga (5/13/2014)


    I think that the problem is twofold:

    1) Graduates with Computer Science degrees have little understanding of applying what they have been taught in the...

    Gaz

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  • RE: Better Training

    Thomas Abraham (5/13/2014)


    Gary Varga (5/13/2014)


    I agree with almost all of what Thomas Abraham says except:

    Thomas Abraham (5/13/2014)


    ...At any rate, I think people DO need to learn the theory. You won't...

    Gaz

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  • RE: Better Training

    I agree with almost all of what Thomas Abraham says except:

    Thomas Abraham (5/13/2014)


    ...At any rate, I think people DO need to learn the theory. You won't use it every day...

    You...

    Gaz

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