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  • Reply To: Fixing Impostor Syndrome

    "Like marketing, there are no shortage of people who think they know it all, or use boisterous, blustery, loud discussion to convince others that they do. "

    The value of an...

  • Reply To: Developer Optimism

    Rod at work wrote:

    skeleton567 wrote:

    Steve Jones - SSC Editor wrote:

    I think a big part of the problem is management and not holding people accountable. However, there is also personal responsibility and professionalism, which can be lacking.

    I...

  • Reply To: Developer Optimism

    Really, really good SQL Developers are pretty much superflous...until you really, really need one.

  • Reply To: Developer Optimism

    Steve Jones - SSC Editor wrote:

    I think a big part of the problem is management and not holding people accountable. However, there is also personal responsibility and professionalism, which can be lacking.

     

    I agree Steve. ...

  • Reply To: Developer Optimism

    I always found that the worst case of developer optimism was in validation and error handling.  The assumption was that if it got through the front-end all was well.

  • Reply To: Labor Day 2022

    We've all heard that 'the more you give the more you get'.  Most of our friends are old and retired.  Our social group includes my wife, a bilateral amputee, some...

  • Reply To: Unlimited PTO

    I used all my sick days so I called in dead.

  • Reply To: What should I have done with this?

    Honestly, above the split it said something like 'Set of two', one of those Amazon things.  It was just funny it worked out that way.

  • Reply To: Unlimited PTO

    larry.blake wrote:

    Jeff Moden wrote:

    What I'd really like to see are companies that stop punishing people for not taking time off.  I've had more vacation just vanish because I had more on...

  • Reply To: Unlimited PTO

    I tried to make sure I am not repeating myself by commenting on this topic, but didn't see anything in the history at least for this article.  My feelings are...

  • Reply To: What's Your Approach?

    Rod at work wrote:

    I don't know what that quality is, but I sure would like to know.

    Rod, it sounds like you have it already!

     

  • Reply To: What's Your Approach?

    Several times I recall that being the CUD type paid off big-time:

    1968  Monday:  visited a friend at his work, saw a computer for the first time in my life.  He...

  • Reply To: When Is Technology Good Enough?

    Steve Jones - SSC Editor wrote:

    David.Poole wrote:

    Perhaps the other thing we should consider is recruitment and retention of staff.

    How do you recruit someone to maintain old tech?

    ...

    Definitely a problem these days. Had to get...

  • Reply To: When Is Technology Good Enough?

    Well, I think it depends on exactly which technology and your priorities.  I just turned in my iphone 4 a year ago for a Moto G.  The Moto G has...

  • Reply To: How Often Do You Update During Issues?

    Audionova wrote:

    "My concern, however, was that multiple times they noted they would post updates soon, but there were some pretty good gaps in the status messages. While I liked a...

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