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  • Reply To: Micro Credentials

    I think experience is more valuable than education but it is also much harder to get.  Comment for the interviewing process:  "Don't tell me what you know.  Tell me what...

    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 Costumed DBA

    Jasona, I remember that on my first job as a developer trainee, all of us in a group of developers at Bendix Corp wore dress shirts and ties.  There were...

    • This reply was modified 6 years, 7 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: The Costumed DBA

    Hey, good morning to you all.  Sitting here in bed drinking coffee, I'm thinking maybe for my costume I'll dress up like I'm going to work!

    • This reply was modified 6 years, 7 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: Experiment First

    Geoff,  sorry but I guess I missed the point.  Maybe it's the hot buttered rum I just finished, but that's all right.  I'm retired and sitting at my home office...

    • This reply was modified 6 years, 7 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: Laptop Recommendations for 2019

    Steve and all:

    I've been using an Asus Republic of Gamers 17" laptop for probably 5 years now and love it.  Specs are:

    Intel i7-4700HQ 2.4 GHz processor, 8gb 64-bit x64 running...

    • This reply was modified 6 years, 8 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: Experiment First

    Rod

    I'm not all that familiar with Stack Overflow as I have only been on it a few times when it comes up in a general web search.  But I agree...

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

  • Reply To: Experiment First

    Steve, I appreciate your comments and the invitation to share.  My largest retirement pass time is experimenting with storing, cleaning  and manipulating data and crafting ways to move it among...

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

  • Reply To: Experiment First

    You make good points this morning.  I think I was always the 'find the answer myself' type, mainly because lots of my career was before the days of electronic interaction...

    • This reply was modified 6 years, 8 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: The Work of the Ancients

    jarick 15608 wrote:

    You've hit on a great case for virtualization but also makes me wonder if code is getting worse over time because hardware has become so inexpensive.

    I believe this is...

    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 Work of the Ancients

    "I was reading a post from someone recently where they noted that they didn't worry to much about the architecture of the system since it wouldn't likely last very long."

    This...

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

  • Reply To: Very Hot Patches

    Well, Steve, as Bill O'Reilly says, I can see you drank the Koolaid too.  I'll give you a current example.  My credit union, two states away and in a different...

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

  • Reply To: Very Hot Patches

    Well, it's a realistic view.  Just like calling someone on the phone, if a system is down, another system should be smart enough to 'call back' and retry a process...

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

  • Reply To: Very Hot Patches

    From the perspective of about 42 years in IT, I always have to ask so what's the big deal if I have to stop a machine to make some patches. ...

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

  • Reply To: Celebrate Success

    Actually, doing this very thing was what got me the largest salary increase in my 42-year career.  I had been 16 months without any mention of my salary or a...

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

  • Reply To: What You Should Know About Coding

    Wow, this makes me think about when I started coding exactly 50 years ago.  The way we began was not to write code at all, but to create a 'flow...

    • This reply was modified 6 years, 9 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?'

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