My thoughts regarding customer service have for many years been based on advice from my boss at the job I held during my undergrad college days working in an office...

"I used to hate taking out the trash from a computer room I worked in, but I now appreciate that allowing cleaning staff into that space might not have been...

Fortunately just a stern lecture about 'you don't talk to your boss that way.  He's the boss'.  Actually, shortly after I moved on, they got rid of him quite abruptly.

Reminds me of an event many years ago in which I was working to find a bug in existing code of which I had nothing to do with the development. ...

Just a couple observations on this.

First, we always need to be sure we focus first on fixing bugs instead of who is responsible.  I fear sometimes that is not the...

I guess my first question is 'Why do you want to store anything from 2020?' just kidding, of course.  happy New Year.

Ralph, thanks for sharing the video of the 'puppies'.  Pet videos are our favorite u-tube and facebook features.

I understand and empathize with all of you who have suffered through this horrible year in your lives.  But I can truthfully say that I have personally been through far...

Having worked in healthcare for the past 15 years, I fully understand and appreciate the need for data security and privacy. However, I do get frustrated at situations that...

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Thanks for 'fessin' up about the fake data use.  It's good to know I'm not alone.

This illustrates my feeling that sometimes no data is better than invalid data.  For instance,...

The database we use at the hospital that I work for is over 50 years old and is still being developed! Does this make it one of the oldest...

"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...