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  • Reply To: The Cloud as a Foundation

    I think I would have reservations regarding entrusting my data to a platform called 'Snowflake'.  And maybe even more so to a platform called 'Cockroach'.

  • Reply To: Laptop Recommendations for 2019

    See my more recent post

     

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  • Reply To: The Great Developer Resignation

    Doctor Who 2 wrote:

    Jeff, I can really relate to what you said about taking that other job where they had you doing what you did not like to do and weren't good...

  • Reply To: What am I doing to get this message?

    Jeff Moden wrote:

    I only get that error occasionally.  It may have to do with whether or not someone posted while you were typing or waiting.

    Ok... just remembered who I'm talking to...

  • Reply To: The Great Developer Resignation

    When I got my first programming job things in IT ( we called it Data Processing then ) were just taking off and there were many positions available.  The easiest...

  • Reply To: Think Marathon, not Sprint

    I remember learning this principle during my high school days about 1957 when I was on the track team for the first year.  I competed in  the 100 yard dash...

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  • Reply To: The Coping Thread

    My wife and I have a fairly common routine that helps us and apparently helps some neighbors also.  We've been retired for about 12 years.  About six years ago we...

  • Reply To: Are You a Good Engineer?

    One thing I believe makes a good engineer is the wise use of available resources to accomplish a job.  I regularly use two applications that seem to have questionable design...

  • Reply To: Model Good Behavior

    Grant, I heartily agree with your feelings regarding responsibility for creating and maintaining good code.  Unlike a good bottle of scotch, code does NOT get better with age.  Throughout my...

  • Reply To: T-SQL Requires the Right Approach

    This is exactly why I am not in favor of the idea of the 'teaching coding' approach.  While I'm not against providing opportunities in IT I believe that these opportunities...

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  • Reply To: Where the World Takes You

    Grant, I really appreciate where the world has taken all of you folks at SSC.  You all keep me thinking with what you provide for us all.

    To me there are...

  • Reply To: Education to solve the tech skills shortage

    Eric M Russell wrote:

    SQL Server has been very very good to me.

     

    Eric, I heartily agree with you on this.  Looking back in my computer data it appears that my first employment involving...

  • Reply To: Data Cleanup

    Steve Jones - SSC Editor wrote:

    lol, I have neither a 3.5, nor a Zip drive anymore. Tossed most of the media years ago. I think we're down to one DVD drive in the house...

  • Reply To: Data Cleanup

    I think regular archiving plans are likely one of the most overlooked features in systems design.  The most inefficient method I ever experienced was when we had no option but...

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  • Reply To: Education to solve the tech skills shortage

    mcdba2000-762400 wrote:

    Talent is always there and never hard to find!  The problem is employers not wanting to pay for that talent! Yes thats great to offer training to those who...

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