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  • Reply To: Realities of Predictive Analysis

    I'm happy being a skeptic.

    When I'm right, I'm happy.

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

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

  • Reply To: Are IT Certifications Still Relevant?

    Interview:

    You:  I hold certification in x,y,z.

    Me:   Oh, that's nice.  What have you done?  What can you do for me?

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

  • Reply To: The DBAccountant

    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. ...

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

  • Reply To: Take Care

    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...

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

  • Reply To: Take Care

    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...

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

  • Reply To: Take Care

    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...

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

  • Reply To: Do you listen to music when you work?

    Neil Burton wrote:

    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...

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

  • Reply To: Do you listen to music when you work?

    Showing my age here...I listen to Forties Junction and Fifties Gold.

     

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

  • Reply To: Do you listen to music when you work?

    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...

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

  • Reply To: Do you listen to music when you work?

    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...

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

  • Reply To: When Are Your Breaks?

    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...

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

  • Reply To: The Future of Certifications

    I don't object to certifications, but given a choice between a certificate and 5-10 years of experience, I'll likely go with the experience.

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

  • Reply To: Need recommendations on replacing a NAS device for home use.

    Thanks, but no.  I have retired the d-Link entirely.  Still running the WD, which regularly reports some kind of power supply issue but always comes back - so far.

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

  • Reply To: To Each Their Own

    Ten years before I retired my wife and I built a log cabin on an old 10 acre mining claim Skeleton #1, looking out east to the Continental Divide.  There...

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

  • Reply To: To Each Their Own

    I've never been to Las Vegas.  First of all, I've been in a casino exactly once, just so I could say I have done it, blew a whole ten dollars...

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    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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