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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...
August 15, 2014 at 7:11 am
OK, I think we have really beat this one to death. Let's move on.
August 14, 2014 at 2:39 pm
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...
August 13, 2014 at 7:23 am
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...
August 8, 2014 at 4:33 pm
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
August 6, 2014 at 11:20 am
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...
August 4, 2014 at 8:17 am
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...
July 12, 2014 at 12:38 pm
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...
July 11, 2014 at 7:06 pm
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...
July 11, 2014 at 2:37 pm
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...
July 11, 2014 at 10:26 am
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.
July 11, 2014 at 5:24 am
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,...
May 15, 2014 at 7:46 am
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...
May 15, 2014 at 7:30 am
Koen Verbeeck (5/15/2014)
skeleton567 (5/15/2014)
Gary Varga (5/15/2014)
May 15, 2014 at 6:15 am
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May 15, 2014 at 6:02 am
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