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  • RE: Efficiency

    sarafian_developer (10/21/2010)


    I have noticed the same, on me but on others.

    As a developer, you can't but notice the enthusiasm of youth and the get the work done approach of a...

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

  • RE: Two Days Off

    qh[/quote]

    I think they have tried to give guidance in different ways. Certainly they don't limit things and some of their arguments are shaky, but they don't necessarily say the cloud...

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

  • RE: How to use the IsNothing Inspection Function in SSRS

    Is there any difference between this and the SQL function ISNULL? For simplicity and to avoid 'mindclutter' why would we not call it the same? I'm just thinkin'...

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

  • RE: Testing

    I've always advised the best way to avoid bugs or get them fixed is to force those who develop products, IT or other, to use their own products, with only...

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

  • RE: Testing

    A real true developer, as opposed to a coder, will be humbled and mortified to have bugs found by others. You should know your code and be creative enough...

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

  • RE: Testing

    I spent 42 years as a developer in various languages and as a DBA heavily involved in producing SQL code. Due to my own testing as I worked, I rarely...

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

  • RE: Two Days Off

    Well, I think we just proved cloud service is NOT 'always on', regardless of the claims.

    I personally would NEVER have committed my company's data to off-site or remote servers. ...

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

  • RE: Two Days Off

    This is just another chapter in my forthcoming and growing book to be titled 'Do We Really Need To Do This Sh!t?'. Trouble is, I keep adding so many...

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

  • RE: We Want Maturity, But Is It Fun?

    I say this after having been an IT manager for 11 years early in my 42 year IT career. A good manager will realize that the sheer fact that...

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

  • RE: We Want Maturity, But Is It Fun?

    Andy Warren (12/29/2014)


    Jessica, I hope you enjoyed the discussion all the more after commenting! Thanks for reading and commenting.

    All - thanks for your thoughts. I continue to try to sort...

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

  • RE: We Want Maturity, But Is It Fun?

    "We have to write code in a particular way so the next programmer that has to work with it after we leave can make heads or tails of it."

    Well, this...

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

  • RE: We Want Maturity, But Is It Fun?

    Hope your easing into retirement is good for you. I'm in year 4 and I love it. Still PLAY with my computers daily, still design db's and write...

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

  • RE: We Want Maturity, But Is It Fun?

    Back in the 1970's, I started up an IT department for a large food distributor who had only totally manual systems. We immediately went totally online and put the...

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

  • RE: The Next Generation

    Gary Varga (8/16/2014)


    I think that often the requirement for Computing, Maths or, possibly, Science degree is because it shows an aptitude to the type of work you will encounter and...

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

  • RE: The Next Generation

    djackson 22568 (8/15/2014)


    I would say that we need more of the right people, not more people. There are too many in technical positions that should not be, which hurts...

    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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