I agree that Real Steel was fun escapist flair, I also really enjoyed Man On A Ledge that came out recently.

I think that all developers start out as specialists and over time become generalists unless they decide to make a concerted effort to remain a specialist. How many DBAs...

C.J. (11/9/2010)

---

As a software developer with many years of experience working for three different software vendors and having purchased third-party "online" software from several vendors, the answer is definitely the...

kenneth-910727, I have to totally disagree with your #3 suggestion. One of the main reasons to use stored procedures in application development is that you can decouple the application...

You definitely had me going there. From a developer/DBA perspective, NULL most certainly does mean something! It means there's no data in that column, which is totally valid...

I think what I'm most amazed at, is that of all of the women programmers who have responded to this thread, we've got 4 Jennifers! You guys all have...

I think the idea of a Tools section is a great on, provided it's not too much of a burden on SSC to create and maintain, but I'd love to...

I completely agree Steve, the business doesn't care if it's a router, or network, or bad application code, only that it's not working as it's supposed to. When a...

I've got to chime in as a woman programmer. In my 15 years of experience in IT, I've worked with 3 women coders, multiple women analysts and managers, some...

skjoldtc (12/9/2009)

---

lfallis (12/9/2009)

---

I do agree with the editorial, but I would add two things.

1. You also need to sell something new. No one likes change, and to help get that...