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  • 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...

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

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

    Koen Verbeeck (5/15/2014)


    skeleton567 (5/15/2014)


    Gary Varga (5/15/2014)


    The other reason is that because we deal with abstract concepts, as opposed to the real world with its laws of physics, there are...

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

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

    Gary Varga (5/15/2014)


    The other reason is that because we deal with abstract concepts, as opposed to the real world with its laws of physics, there are far more ways...

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

  • RE: Managers

    Some techies should not be managers, and I was one of them. At one point I was hired to start up a new IT shop for a fairly large...

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

  • RE: Duplicate Detection and Management

    Ed Pollack (4/29/2014)


    Comments posted to this topic are about the item <A HREF="/articles/Duplicate/109019/">Duplicate Detection and Management</A>

    First of all, check for the existence of a created/changed timestamp you might use to...

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

  • RE: How Long Before You Upgrade?

    How long needs to tempered by a responsible DBA constantly reminding folks that equipment and software are aging, becoming obsolete, impossible to support or fix if broken. Don't commit...

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

  • RE: X in Technology

    David.Poole (4/6/2014)


    Carla Wilson-484785 (4/3/2014)


    Stephanie J Brown (3/31/2014)


    ... If instead of "Women in Technology" the group was called "Breaking Barriers in Technology", it might be viewed through a different lens. ...

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

  • RE: X in Technology

    And when something DOES affect you directly, it's easy to lose your objectivity.:-)

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

  • RE: X in Technology

    Wow, just...WOW

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

  • RE: X in Technology

    Tom, you make good and valid observations about the supply of technical people when I (we?) started in IT. My college had a small computer, but it was buried...

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

  • RE: X in Technology

    Goofy, please understand that the concept of socioeconomic status has been around for decades and is a legitimate sociological term ( Sociology was actually my degree field ). Just...

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

  • RE: X in Technology

    GilaMonster (4/1/2014)


    skeleton567 (4/1/2014)


    Let me relate my real own experience with yardsticks. The largest salary increase I ever achieved without changing jobs was by using MY OWN yardstick.

    ...

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

  • RE: X in Technology

    "That has worked for me with some managers that appreciate what I'm doing.

    In other cases my stance has been - I'm being paid well under the industry average, and this...

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

  • RE: X in Technology

    "We want to be measured with the same yardstick, not a shorter one because 'oh, you can't handle what we do', not a longer one because 'oh, we can't possibly...

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

  • RE: X in Technology

    Now that's believable. 😀

    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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