Yes and no. We've almost always required a login, which helps us support the site, and I've been hearing this complaint for 15 years.

We are looking at some work to...

Last tie breaker is who beat Steve the most

My vote is you write this:

with mycte (col)

as

(select ...

);

If you get a syntax error because:

select mycol from mytable

with mycte (col)

as

(select ...

);

then you do this:

select mycol from mytable;

with mycte (col)

as

(select ...

);

I...

ditto.

I CTRL+B,...

Rod at work (12/2/2015)

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Oh Steve, man have you said a lot here that I'd like to respond to. But I think prudence forebears me from saying everything I'd like to....

JustMarie (12/2/2015)

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There's far too many companies that want a senior level person with a lot of experience only to make an offer that is more in line with a junior...

lnardozi 61862 (12/2/2015)

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Here is the problem in a nutshell - salary opacity and salary equality.

Demigod of SQL = x$

Seat Filler = x$

Unfortunately, just as much money is allocated by management...

Sean Redmond (12/2/2015)

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The qualities that I look for in interviewees are willingness to learn, ease with logical thought and thoroughness. Being able to the job quickly is good, too, but,...

Dalkeith (12/2/2015)

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The older I get the more I realise the shear inefficiency of people's ability to communicate both what they want and what they can provide.

Certificates have in the past...

This...

Gary Varga (12/2/2015)

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It's tricky.

Companies do not like paying vastly different salaries/rates yet need different valued people. All of whom need both time to keep any necessary skills up to date...

Alan.B (12/1/2015)

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I think there are three problems:

1. The genuine need for talented data pros is growing much faster than the supply of talented data pros.

2. Many (perhaps most)...

I think the year hasn't gone super fast. As I look back at what happened. It seems ages since I was in South Dakota this summer on vacation and for...

Even cache databases have issues here at scale. If you can somehow shard/federate your data, then perhaps you can use multiple systems to do this, but it's not a simple...

With regards to compensation, when I managed 10 DBAs, 9 of them made more than me.