I have a shirt that says:

"I'm a cranky old man.  I do WHAT I want WHEN I want WHERE I want.  Just one sec, I'll ask my wife".

You can guess...

Yes, I a cranky curmudgeon, and proud of it.  I earned it the hard way.

This subject reminds me of several observations from my years in IT.

First of all, maybe we put far too much emphasis on 'uptime' that isn't really all that important.  Maybe...

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"The need to work 60 hours a week could be legitimate."

David. I agree with this to a certain extent, but not for an extended period.  There are times when this...

The cup collection is...

Maybe as important as code reviews could be what I would call code-flogging.  Needs to be tested with a million rows and by testers intentionally trying to break it.  My...

Sometimes we are in a quandary regarding how, if at all, to work our way out of upgrade situations.  Right now I'm having an issue with one upgrade and have...

This reminds me of the error message I always thought would be fun to put in GPS software upgrades which would say "You can't get there from here".

My Boss:  "Hey, Rick, our xyz system is down".

Me:  "So?".

And I never got any hugs.

Learning never gets old, but WE do.  I'm 80 years and right now am preparing for an expiring driver's license and having to take an interactive exam to renew.  The...

Wow...just WOW.  This one almost gave me nightmares.  My crazy brain goes into all sorts of imaginary scenarios.  In one of my situations this could have spelled disaster in a...

When I started coding COBOL and assembler, unit testing was hard coding record selection and counts in  a compile, printing the report, then using a utility to print the same ...

Just another small tidbit for you all.  I have found that one of the characteristics that may plague us all for the rest of our lives is that we notice...

I have related before that years ago I discovered a common coding error in a set of 10-12 internal/external dealer reports which I repaired/verified/released to our QA (Quality Assurance!) group. ...

Jeff, just reflecting, I've used on-premises processing and storage since the Apple II Plus was released in June 1979 and I can't remember losing anything I could not recover. My...

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