We got a help ticket call from one of the counselors saying, "You program is wiping out my data!" We went to her office to investigate. Eventually we...

Rod, the poopocalypse is already here for me.  We have a 14.5 year old Golden Retriever called Lupe who is...

Thanks,  Rod.  Another time helping my manager worked out very well for me.  In another 'downsizing' situation I had taken an early retirement offer and headed out to my Rocky...

Once early in my career helping a manager turned out to be a very bad thing to do.

This particular group manager (not my group) had a personal hygiene issue which...

Kathi, interesting writing about using more free time.  I'll pass on to you younger folks that even after eleven years of retirement we still have to think about handling our...

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I always found that the biggest error hazards, especially when receiving data from other software, were data type/conversion  problems.  When data was coming from a front-end I always preferred to...

Glen, great pun there on the 'seniority'.  My career began back in the 60's on IBM 360 and...

I 100% agree with this article.  At least I believe it was true in my case.  In my best position as a DBA, my first position with the company was...

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This one is bad enough I'm looking for how to stop notifications!  Let's put this one to bed.

They're also a good way to show...

This is the reality of the service industry today.  Our youngest son owns an HVAC company employing 15-16 people, and they provide "always on" support.  He is never without his...

Well, after a 3 year absence I decided to take another look at SSC........Nice to see a lot of the names I remember still posting.

Am no longer earning with...

Good - but do remember that in order to use a tool you need to learn how to use it - if you are like this with...

Good - but do remember that in order to use a tool you need to learn how to use it - if you are like this with a utility...

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Good - but do remember that in order to use a tool you need to learn how to use it - if you are like this with a utility...