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  • Reply To: I Need a CS Degree. I Don't Need a CS Degree

    Chris Wooding wrote:

    In my career I've seen very little difference in ability between people with a degree and people without; still less between those with a CS degree and those with...

  • Reply To: I Need a CS Degree. I Don't Need a CS Degree

    Like Jerry Nixon said early in his Twitter/X post, getting a CS degree or not is very nuanced. My first software development job I got because I have a degree....

  • Reply To: Knowing Your Total Reward

    Hey @Below86, I completely agree with you when it comes to working from home. Last year I was one of thousands of people who forced to return to the office,...

  • Reply To: Boring or Scripting

    andrew gothard wrote:

    Is VB Script even supported any more?  I thought MS had killed it

    I agree the VBScript isn't likely supported anymore. But that doesn't stop those old VBScripts written 15+...

  • Reply To: What is causing this error?

    I've tried uninstalling SSMS 20.2. Then I reinstalled it. However, that didn't help. I got this error:

    Screenshot 2024-10-24 085333

    Looking at the event viewer I saw this:

    Log Name:...

  • Reply To: What is causing this error?

    I found the .NET Framework version number. I downloaded it. I renamed the .XML file, but it still didn't work. 🙁

  • Reply To: When Companies Fail

    Interesting article, Steve. I hadn't thought of these issues until I read what you wrote. The idea of companies open sourcing their software, especially if it becomes obsolete, is novel...

  • Reply To: Tech Debt Perils

    A thought occurred to me about this topic. We've got developers (I'm one), operations, system administrators, DBAs, project managers, business analysts, DevOps personnel (again, I'm one), etc. But one role...

  • Reply To: Tech Debt Perils

    Steve, if it were possible I'd give your editorial one billion likes! I work in state government. I've been a software engineer for a couple decades. I've never seen a...

  • Reply To: Keep. It. Simple.

    Hmmm, interesting argument, Steve. Certainly, I think a lot of people where I work would be much happier if we just stayed with Waterfall. From their point of view there's...

  • Reply To: Keep. It. Simple.

    Steve, that makes sense. I think part of my issue is that, although I  understand how DevOps is supposed to work, I don't really have any practical experience doing DevOps....

  • Reply To: Everything is Code

    David.Poole wrote:

    Rod at work wrote:

    Occasionally I have to create GitHub Actions, i.e.: YAML files. It is not easy developing YAML files. There's very little to help me.

    Rod, I use Visual Studio...

  • Reply To: Keep. It. Simple.

    Steve Jones - SSC Editor wrote:

    David.Poole wrote:

    ... There's also what we used to call the mythical phase 2.  This is where a problem of some sort is discovered and the PM/Stakeholder says "we will...

  • Reply To: Everything is Code

    Two comments on this topic. First, I like what you said, Steve, "I think part of the reason that people try to ignore config data is that it is hard...

  • Reply To: Keep. It. Simple.

    Great article, Steve. When I first started in my career, I naïvely thought that the team I was on could write everything, even the things we didn't need. Oh, was...

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