Interview:

You:  I hold certification in x,y,z.

Me:   Oh, that's nice.  What have you done?  What can you do for me?

My one-and-only experience in being involved in the financial side of resource decisions was spending eleven years as IT manager in a company as we implemented their first IT technology. ...

From 1975 through 1986 I was the IT manager for a start-up shop that ran 24 hours a day Sunday night through Friday night.  In the early days I was...

I think one of the side benefits of our occupation in IT is that we do in fact depend on 'taking care' of things because we constantly deal with the...

This will be pretty personal but I'll share with you for what it's worth.

In 1973, my first wife discovered a breast lump and we went to our local doctor.  He...

I have the radio on when I'm working at home playing a classic rock station.  As much as anything, it's because I don't like sitting in silence and it's...

Showing my age here...I listen to Forties Junction and Fifties Gold.

So what media do you all use for your music?  When I was young, my only media was a Sears Silvertone AM radio at the head of my bed.   Over...

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I had never considered this as I never worked in an environment where music was played.  I had various situations from private offices with doors to individual cubicles and even...

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I've mentioned these before, but will throw them in for any newbies on here.

When I took my last position as a DBA where I was an employee contracted out to...

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I don't object to certifications, but given a choice between a certificate and 5-10 years of experience, I'll likely go with the experience.

Thanks, but no.  I have retired the d-Link entirely.  Still running the WD, which regularly reports some kind of power supply issue but always comes back - so far.

Ten years before I retired my wife and I built a log cabin on an old 10 acre mining claim Skeleton #1, looking out east to the Continental Divide.  There...

I've never been to Las Vegas.  First of all, I've been in a casino exactly once, just so I could say I have done it, blew a whole ten dollars...

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Some perspective: During the 11 years I was in a position to hire, I mostly thought depth was better than breadth.  And in 42 years I only experienced intra-company platform...

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