Separate minority groups by definition tend to separate further instead of aiding acceptance. Especially in technology, get in there and prove your competency instead of emphasizing differences. I...

Possibly the most important skill for a DBA is the command of T-SQL and their ability to test, debug, and optimize performances of db designs and SQL code. My...

Just demonstrates how gullible and unthinking the general public is now. Generation of followers. More items on the menu, must be a better place to eat, right?

I think that's called obsessive/compulsive. Remember the old commercial line, 'Just pick one'?

Right on the mark. Just go to a grocery these days. Hundreds of thousands of items, no longer in and out with a loaf of wheat bread and...

OK. The coffee break is over. I hope Steve writes another article soon so we can let this lie. Time to get back to BEING craftsmen so...

So if you are not aiming to be a craftsman, why continually improve? No point to it.

Unfortunately I don't think companies want craftsmen any more, but to just get by. My last years working as a DBA were frustrating due to just that. ...

-----"I hope that you haven't interpreted anything I have said as this. Sometimes, through appropriate design, you can have areas that need further refinement, efficiency or enhancements whilst still producing...

Excellent words of wisdom by Jeff Moden above

It simply amazes me that many of you can say a quick solution is OK over an effective solution while the whole ObungledCare fiasco is going on which disproves your...

So who has this 'small number of very sophisticated users'? I never did. After I retired the first time, I was asked to come back, and ended up...

My 42 years of IT experience all the way from a beginning code writer to database administrator, including 13 years of management taught me that quality of design and functionality...