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  • Reply To: How to Get Started with Version Control for Databases

    Rod at work wrote:

    Rick (skeleton567), I like your answer. Probably the majority of our databases are related to vendor applications, so they control the database schema and we're not allowed to change...

    Rick
    If you do a half-assed job of things, folks will ask 'why did this ass only do half the job?'

  • Reply To: How to Get Started with Version Control for Databases

    In my last position we didn't need change control.

    We weren't allowed to make any changes...

    Rick
    If you do a half-assed job of things, folks will ask 'why did this ass only do half the job?'

  • Reply To: Why Getting Data Right Matters

    I've had the same experience with commercial software packages with their own designs.  I guess there are reasons that these db' s often are lacking good design, beyond just plain...

    Rick
    If you do a half-assed job of things, folks will ask 'why did this ass only do half the job?'

  • Reply To: Why Getting Data Right Matters

    At one company where I worked the business was the design and manufacture of large scale equipment for indoor and outdoor facilities.  I was actually constrained by management from creating...

    Rick
    If you do a half-assed job of things, folks will ask 'why did this ass only do half the job?'

  • Reply To: Building Your Brand

    Online persona?  Is that sort of like being an 'influencer'?

    I guess there's nothing wrong with being one, it's just the believing one!.

    Rick
    If you do a half-assed job of things, folks will ask 'why did this ass only do half the job?'

  • Reply To: Benefits

    Rod at work wrote:

    I currently work for a state government agency. The benefits aren't as good. Vacation and sick leave are limited. A colleague of mine, whose worked here for 15 years,...

    Rick
    If you do a half-assed job of things, folks will ask 'why did this ass only do half the job?'

  • Reply To: Benefits

    An important thing to realize about benefits is that they are often negotiable.  You shouldn't just automatically accept the first offer.  Of course there is the negotiation on salary that...

    Rick
    If you do a half-assed job of things, folks will ask 'why did this ass only do half the job?'

  • Reply To: Cranky Curmudgeons

    Jeff Moden wrote:

    Look at the changes they did in 2016... they made it so that all files in Temp DB suffer the equivalent of TF 1117 to force all files to...

    Rick
    If you do a half-assed job of things, folks will ask 'why did this ass only do half the job?'

  • Reply To: Cranky Curmudgeons

    Well, here is an interesting sidelight to all of this.  I've been sitting here today listening and agreeing that I truly am a full-fledged CC.  Conversely, in my last position...

    Rick
    If you do a half-assed job of things, folks will ask 'why did this ass only do half the job?'

  • Reply To: Cranky Curmudgeons

    jarick 15608 wrote:

    I've also been hearing that the DBA position is obsolete for at least 15 years and companies are still trying to find DBA's to fill open positions.  Where I...

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    Rick
    If you do a half-assed job of things, folks will ask 'why did this ass only do half the job?'

  • Reply To: Cranky Curmudgeons

    I would like to take this opportunity to thank you all for helping to justify my existence as a CC since I took my first and only IT Manager position...

    • This reply was modified 6 years, 4 months ago by skeleton567.

    Rick
    If you do a half-assed job of things, folks will ask 'why did this ass only do half the job?'

  • Reply To: Stable Marriages Using SQL Server

    Eric M Russell wrote:

    Of course, now that you're got this code working perfectly, someone's going to ask that you refactor it to support same sex pairings as well.

    That logic won't work.  Gets...

    Rick
    If you do a half-assed job of things, folks will ask 'why did this ass only do half the job?'

  • Reply To: Cranky Curmudgeons

    I always loved having to work with logic like this:

    DBAs are an aging population.

    Duh! Isn't the whole population aging?

    I'm a PROUD CC

    Rick
    If you do a half-assed job of things, folks will ask 'why did this ass only do half the job?'

  • Reply To: Stable Marriages Using SQL Server

    Caution:  do not attempt to read this logic until you have had at least two mugs of coffee.

    I did that , and now I need a few shots

    Rick
    If you do a half-assed job of things, folks will ask 'why did this ass only do half the job?'

  • Reply To: The Downside of Tool Autonomy

    Steve Jones - SSC Editor wrote:

    If you think restricting technology means banning all new technology, I'm not sure you read this clearly. At Redgate, we limit technology, especially in projects that often see staff...

    Rick
    If you do a half-assed job of things, folks will ask 'why did this ass only do half the job?'

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