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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...

  • 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...

  • 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.

  • RE: Powershell Test-Path hanging

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

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

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

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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....

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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!!!

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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...

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