I re-read the Phoenix Project recently and it was interesting to reflect on things. The Phoenix project was late, slow, and not working. So they started the Unicorn project to...

Great points, Eric. Your job might certainly vary with hours. For me, I don't tend to work too often outside core hours (M-F, 8-5), but I do travel and I...

My experience with migrations and replatforming is that you need a clear, realistic, long-term view of what it is going to allow you to do.  The time required for...

As a data engineer currently involved in a pilot for migrating an on-premises SQL Server corporate data store to a cloud AWS data lake with S3 storage and Athena...

Hi Steve - hope you are well - long time lurker from a few years back!

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We would perform an actual transfer daily and so when it came to move...

I've certainly seen a mix of situations. There are certainly some managers who expect people to get xx work done, everyone, and expect them to work 50+ hours a week....

Great points, Jeff, and I wouldn't expect a company to help me get ahead. That's my job. That's what mechanics, plumbers, carpenters, doctors, chefs, lawyers, etc. do if they want...

That's just poor management. No other...

Tend to agree, David. Pools of making decisions without knowing how to best use/support/code/etc. across technologies.

I see too many people bringing in a NoSQL platform, or changing the RDBMS because...

Indeed, though that wasn't ransomware. It was poor security on a test account

Do you think it would help to put something like, "Constantly looks to improve our processes and make life better for our staff" as a requirement in the job...

"When I interview people, I want to know a few things. One is can I get along with them, as well as the rest of the team. This isn't...

I too had never heard of exercism.org before. They have a lot of languages there, even something called "D", which is apparently an evolved offshoot of C. They have...

Apologies for the issues. The question is corrected.

That's a great ad.

I love a friend on LinkedIn whose profile says "Not looking for a job, but ridiculous salary offers considered." A nice reverse way of looking for a...