Sean Redmond (12/17/2015)

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It is the over-compartmentalisation that does it. I was a year into a job as a DBA and I had gotten a grip on what was to be...

Great advise, Steve! It reminds me of what Scott Hanselman has said, that some people at companies are there for 10 years, thinking they've got 10 years of experience, but...

Thank you Eric, that is encouraging to know.

Eric M Russell (12/10/2015)

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MMartin1 (12/10/2015)

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Eric M Russell (12/10/2015)

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In many cases the interviewer doesn't really know what they're asking about, and this would be the...

WOW, very good topic for discussion, Steve. I just read your article in my copy of today's SSC newsletter and came it to post my reply. There are already 5...

Jeff Moden (12/9/2015)

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Rod at work (12/9/2015)

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I can't remember what the function was I was asked to write and then test, but it was something like writing a function that would...

Didn't know I could. 😛

Jeff Moden (12/9/2015)

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Rod at work (12/8/2015)

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Having recently been unemployed for a long period of time, I had many interviews. (Most by phone, some Skype or WebEx and those that were...

Tavis Reddick (12/9/2015)

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Could there be a tendency, over time and in a successful devops team, for individuals to learn new skills from the 'other' side, to the detriment of learning...

Good advise Eric, thanks.

Having recently been unemployed for a long period of time, I had many interviews. (Most by phone, some Skype or WebEx and those that were local were in person.) I...

Argh!! Steve, please stop writing articles that interest me so much. Ones that I want to respond to. Believe me, I want to respond to this, but better not.

So tomorrow,...

markedconn (12/2/2015)

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Agree 100%. To many job descriptions are written by HR. I have seen some that look like they were pulled off of some generic web page list as...

aggiekev02 (12/2/2015)

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Steve, you touched a lot of topics that irk me. Because all those points are right.

Worked for a company for 8 years that never did anything but provide lip...

Steve Jones - SSC Editor (12/2/2015)

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Rod at work (12/2/2015)

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Oh Steve, man have you said a lot here that I'd like to respond to. But I think prudence forebears me from...