"There are good techniques for modifying our objects, and helping to ensure we don't break systems, but we often do need some cooperation and collaboration with application developers to implement...

I'm sad to say that in my last two positions the accuracy of data was of far less important than the presence and availability of the data.  I've commented several...

In my final DBA position before retirement, patching and bug fixes were usually provided quickly and accurately but were most often sidelined by 'project managers' too timid to allow release....

I'll throw in another thought here on the gift idea, from my perspective of being retired for over 10 years.  Maybe the best gift your company can give you is...

By far the best gift I ever received from an employer was following the completion of a long large project my boss, part owner of the company, gave me round...

We used to dread environment rebuilds.  Painful, likely to break and time consuming. It hurt.

We are not quite at the stage where it is "click of a button" but...

Eric, agree with...

My background in high school days growing up on the farm taught me that if I couldn't do something either I was too weak or wasn't trying hard enough.  I...

Hey, you guys still out there doing software are in big trouble now.  I read that 'Sleepy Joe' has the solution for all the laid-off retail workers in the economy. ...

One sad day years ago early in my IT career, before databases, it turned out I was the clown.  We were entering orders into a flat-file open order system from...

I never supported data in Excel or ANY application which used and stored data 'offline' that could be lost by local machine failure or lack of regular backups.  It was...

Some places have an assistant following doctors, which is often a bigger cost than either of the other systems. It's a symptom of the problem, which is requiring lots...

I always imagined doctors dictating into a voice recorder, and then other people in the office actually deal with the paperwork. If that's not how it works, then that's...

As I remarked years ago when I was still working, any time a meeting involves more than three people and/or lasts more than 10 minutes you are wasting someone's time.

My only concern would be if I worked for a single employer that after I relocated they might decide  to end work-from-home.  Then what?