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  • RE: The Next Generation

    Andrew Kernodle (8/15/2014)


    skeleton567 (8/15/2014)


    Joe Garrick (8/15/2014)


    With long hours the norm, downward pressure on wages, most skills being all but useless once they're just a few years old, and more and...

  • RE: The Next Generation

    Joe Garrick (8/15/2014)


    With long hours the norm, downward pressure on wages, most skills being all but useless once they're just a few years old, and more and more work being...

  • RE: The Next Generation

    Ondrej Suchanek (8/15/2014)


    I am one of those started on system IBM360. I had an opportunity to get right training for my job. It worked well up to year 2000.

    I...

  • RE: The Brittleness of Replication

    OK, I think we have really beat this one to death. Let's move on.

  • RE: The Brittleness of Replication

    Replication, like so many other features, does need to be continuously updated and improved. I used replication also from version 6.5 to move custom pricing and billing data for...

  • RE: Titles Matter

    The article makes a very good point that affects us all. My title is 'retired' DBA. Can I get a raise with that? I never really worried...

  • RE: Mudita: Joy in the success of others

    crussell-931424 (8/6/2014)


    By hiring people smarter than me, when they succeed I look good too.

    I think that also takes more intestinal fortitude than most managers have at their disposal

  • RE: Natively Compiled Stored Procedures: What they are all about!

    As a retired DBA and having done extensive development of SQL code, the prohibition of foreign keys is a show stopper. Responsible designers and developers need to keep data...

  • RE: Mudita: Joy in the success of others

    Just saw your ( I think) older post regarding negotiating starting vacation. I also did that on a new job. Told them I was not willing to go...

  • RE: Mudita: Joy in the success of others

    Rod:

    I want to wish you well in the job search.

    I hope you will be as fortunate in the downsizing as I was my last time. Company announced...

  • RE: Mudita: Joy in the success of others

    Well, don't be surprised too much. What you younger folks are facing is the fact that a company can discover a need for a skill, and instead of training...

  • RE: Mudita: Joy in the success of others

    Rod:

    I had the same experience for many years of the lack of company involvement in furthering your IT skills. One good solution is to take it upon yourself to...

  • RE: Mudita: Joy in the success of others

    It's not a sad day to see better coders if you contributed to making them so. Mentoring is a benefit and pleasure of being the oldest and most experienced.

  • RE: Why Don't We Have Better Practices?

    david.wright-948385 (5/15/2014)


    skeleton567 (5/15/2014)


    Then along came the likes of COBOL which made so-called 'programmers' of those who weren't and shouldn't have been.

    Horses for courses: if you produce a product using Cobol,...

  • RE: Why Don't We Have Better Practices?

    Ralph Hightower (5/15/2014)


    Try programming in APL. That is one bizarre language!

    I'm not sure without researching it if APL and what we called in the old days Assembler Language are the...

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