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...

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...

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...

I've also been hearing that the DBA position is obsolete for at least 15 years and companies are still trying to find DBA's to fill open positions.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

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That logic won't work.  Gets...

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

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

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...

One of my favorite cars to have owned was a 1972 Opel GT. sight lines similar to a corvette, but on a  smaller scale.  It was a...

I don't blame you on this one, I'm still driving my 11 year old Hyundai Sonata, still drives nicely and can't beat the fact that it's been paid off for...

2001 blue ford focus zx3 aka "The Blue Teardrop". First car (well it was my older brothers, actually it was my oldest brother's, then the other brother's, then mine)...

Nick, at 6'8  you remind me of my college roommate who was that size, although quite skinny.  His girlfriend, and wife of many years, was 5'2".  We always joked that...

One of my favorite cars to have owned was a 1972 Opel GT. sight lines similar to a corvette, but on a  smaller scale.  It was a lot of...

Over 61 years of driving I've done all of the car, truck, motorcycle things, (even a new 1966 Triumph Spitfire and a new 1984 Honda Goldwing) but have enjoyed pickup...