djackson 22568 (7/30/2012)

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I do agree there are a lot of bad managers. There are also bad employees. Fixing either or both is a huge challenge, and I don't...

Matt Miller (#4) (7/30/2012)

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While Djackson certainly has a different viewpoint on the matter, in lot of cases I saw it came down to some form of loyalty. ...

djackson 22568 (7/30/2012)

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In the US? Because trial lawyers own democrats, unions own democrats, and both groups enjoy the power they have as a result of pretending to protect workers....

Miles Neale (7/30/2012)

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Steve said in the article - "If you can't train great managers, can you at least train them to not be bad ones? "

And for the first time...

iBar (7/30/2012)

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Well Steve,

I don't like this at all.

But anyway, your site, your thinking, your decision....NP

Regards and...

Bob Razumich (7/30/2012)

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With all due respect, and in my humble opinion, you should leave it in....

archie flockhart (7/30/2012)

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Steve Jones - SSC Editor (7/30/2012)

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I wanted to get some idea from those of you that answer this regularly, and this works better than a survey, unfortunately.

If...

jmgroft (7/30/2012)

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The user ID / password mechanism is a flawed system at best. Yes, there are problems with centralized identities, biometric security systems, etc. However, somewhere along the...

Dropbox is a sync, not a storage, mechanism. Even without a network connection, I have the copy...

eric.rini (7/29/2012)

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For example a physical authentication like linking an account to a mobile phone (it sends u a text with a unique key to login) or using a token like...

I'll cancel this question and award back points to everyone.

I let this go, for the simple reason that I wanted this discussion. I added 5 points to hopefully generate...

SQLPhil (7/30/2012)

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An interesting observation there Steve. Unfortunately I've seen too many examples where bad managers are promoted to get them out of...

davoscollective (7/29/2012)

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MBA programs have received a lot of criticism http://harvardmagazine.com/harvard-in-the-news/call-to-reform-m-b-a-degrees in recent years given that the GFC was essentially an MBA led recession.

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I'm encouraged by the universities assuming responsibility for...

SGT_squeequal (7/30/2012)

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Having managed teams of variouse types for over 10 years I feel that to be a manager you but need to follow a few simple rules.

Never expect anyone do...

I like Lowell's and Vikrant's note about traces. The default trace is nice, but you need to comb through it regularly to look for things, or potentially alter it if...