I'm been working with and creating software since 1969 and have never seen 'perfect'.  While some might have been close, the inevitable cycle is (1) OK, (2) really good, (3)...

Rod, your story of the younger person reminds me of a situation in which I worked for an IT manager about 20 years my junior in a small shop of...

I read this somewhere years ago and it stuck with me through my career:

"  'X' indicates an unknown and a spurt is a drip under pressure."

My policy has always been...

I think this possibility needs to be examined in light of the status of your own career.  Are YOU in a startup position relative to your future?  I'm assuming that...

I'm happy being a skeptic.

When I'm right, I'm happy.

When I'm wrong, I'm still happy.

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...

• This reply was modified 1 year, 6 months ago by skeleton567. Reason: error

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...

• This reply was modified 1 year, 6 months ago by skeleton567.

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...

• This reply was modified 1 year, 6 months ago by skeleton567.