In many, or most cases, one does not consciously choose to become a master, instead the combination of aptitude, circumstance and opportunity create the path.

amenjonathan (2/25/2011)

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I've done a few interviews. A couple were for commercial analyst positions working directly for senior management. What I wanted to see is if the candidate was willing to...

bradmcgehee@hotmail.com (2/25/2011)

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When I get questions that are not related to an interview, I ask what their point is, and if I don't get a good answer, I walk out of...

Rod at work (2/23/2011)

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...I've brought up the topic, in the past, of telecommuting, and it has been shot down each time. Basically it is shot down because not everyone...

It isn't always managers that are the problem.

Sometimes it's political opposition (jealousy) from employees in other departments that creates an insurmountable barrier.

Most of these rules successfully separate gawdawfull code from adequate code. Separating adequate code from good or great code is a lot more difficult.

How do you differentiate a technically...

It's the classic "something must be done'...

A classic example of expensive meddling by Congress trying to solve problems that simply cannot be solved by regulation. But Congress critters (and voters) don't seem to learn from that....

Tony Savoie (2/7/2011)

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... In each case I focused very little on specifics of the technology being hired for. I asked about concepts, give me the logic to solve this, explain...

Mateo1041 (2/7/2011)

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I've had employers steer clear of my resume before because they assume it's embellished. But it's not. :-/ I just have a lot of different experiences...

Steve Jones - SSC Editor (2/7/2011)

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djackson 22568 (2/7/2011)

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...There have been studies, and I think if most of us were honest, we have exaggerated something we knew at some point....

Mark M Webster (2/7/2011)

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Such a sad topic. The best moves in my career have come from saying that I knew x could be done but, no, I didn't know how...Give...

The power of community is sharing information. From ancient history, stories (if only Homer told the tales of Ulysses it would be gone upon his death), songs, techniques (agriculture, tools),...

TravisDBA (1/13/2011)

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"So plan to fail and you'll be better off." and I would add "and have your notifications processes well in place so that your teams are notified in a...

'cloud' can mean different things.

Our parent corporation has a privately run 'cloud' and the different divisions are more and more moving their processes and data there. What is different about...