January 17, 2011 at 1:34 am
What is up with all the spam threads?
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This thing is addressing problems that dont exist. Its solution-ism at its worst. We are dumbing down machines that are inherently superior. - Gilfoyle
January 17, 2011 at 1:48 am
Henrico Bekker (1/17/2011)
What is up with all the spam threads?
Indeed. Very annoying. And dissapointing as well, since I thought I could win a fun award. :angry:
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January 17, 2011 at 2:49 am
GSquared (1/14/2011)
Jeff Moden (1/13/2011)
Stefan Krzywicki (1/13/2011)
If they see a penny on the ground, they leave it there.
Maybe other folks will leave it, but I'll stop and pick it up. I've got a 5 gallon plastic water bottle that's about a 3rd full from that. I haven't counted them yet, but there's a fair amount of money there.
I do the same thing. Periodically cash it in. Had $80 in it last time.
This is probably several pages out of date now, but I'd been putting pocket change into a large tin for a couple of years up until december. Everything under 50p and sometimes those too. We sorted, bagged and counted it on the 2nd Jan, putting the copper into one of those machines you find in the supermarkets. The copper came to about £30, the rest to over £800. Over a quid a day was going into that tin.
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January 17, 2011 at 6:21 am
Oh yea...!!!! My non technical article is going to be published this week. It will be on 20th - 21st of Jan. It is regarding Netmeeting.
Thanks Steve.
-Roy
January 17, 2011 at 6:26 am
Roy Ernest (1/17/2011)
Oh yea...!!!! My non technical article is going to be published this week. It will be on 20th - 21st of Jan. It is regarding Netmeeting.Thanks Steve.
Congrats!
I'm looking forward to the article. (I suppose it will pop-up in my mailbox)
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January 17, 2011 at 6:36 am
Mind you it is non technical. 🙂 Hope people will find it useful.
-Roy
January 17, 2011 at 7:00 am
LutzM (1/16/2011)
Lynn Pettis (1/16/2011)
And then you have those individuals that won't even ask their DBAs for help because they don't know them personally and are in a different building.Strange he posted his question on the web. He doesn't know us personally either and we're in a different building, too. (at least there is an extremely high probability 😀 )
Oh heck, he's probably one of mine and working across the hall.
We recently had a project that brought in a highly paid Microsoft consultant (somone I worked with in the past, who is actually extremely good) on a project to tell them that they needed clustered indexes. And yes, I work across the hall from the project. While in the meeting, the consultant turned to me and said, "Hey Grant, didn't you just give a presentation on this to 600 people?" Our dev team sat there slack-jawed.
Did I mention I love my job?
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January 17, 2011 at 7:13 am
Grant Fritchey (1/17/2011)
We recently had a project that brought in a highly paid Microsoft consultant (somone I worked with in the past, who is actually extremely good) on a project to tell them that they needed clustered indexes. And yes, I work across the hall from the project. While in the meeting, the consultant turned to me and said, "Hey Grant, didn't you just give a presentation on this to 600 people?" Our dev team sat there slack-jawed.Did I mention I love my job?
Didn't you know, the very fact that you're internal means that the consultant is assumed to know more than you do? :hehe:
Was one of the things that contributed to me leaving the bank. The over-paid consultants from Big Named Consulting Company were considered (by upper management) to know more than any of the internal staff, they could overrule us, if we raised concerns they were ignored because Big Named Consultants knew better.
Of course, now that's the shoe's on the other foot, I like that attitude. Somewhat.
Gail Shaw
Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
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January 17, 2011 at 8:00 am
GilaMonster (1/17/2011)
Was one of the things that contributed to me leaving the bank. The over-paid consultants from Big Named Consulting Company were considered (by upper management) to know more than any of the internal staff, they could overrule us, if we raised concerns they were ignored because Big Named Consultants knew better.
In some companies that is true, as they somehow have a gigantic budget for consultants, but a small to non-existing budget for training for the internal staff.
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January 17, 2011 at 8:46 am
Koen (da-zero) (1/17/2011)
GilaMonster (1/17/2011)
Was one of the things that contributed to me leaving the bank. The over-paid consultants from Big Named Consulting Company were considered (by upper management) to know more than any of the internal staff, they could overrule us, if we raised concerns they were ignored because Big Named Consultants knew better.
In some companies that is true, as they somehow have a gigantic budget for consultants, but a small to non-existing budget for training for the internal staff.
I wish that was the problem. It'd be easier to deal with. This is just one of simple respect. There isn't any.
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January 17, 2011 at 8:49 am
Koen (da-zero) (1/17/2011)
GilaMonster (1/17/2011)
Was one of the things that contributed to me leaving the bank. The over-paid consultants from Big Named Consulting Company were considered (by upper management) to know more than any of the internal staff, they could overrule us, if we raised concerns they were ignored because Big Named Consultants knew better.
In some companies that is true, as they somehow have a gigantic budget for consultants, but a small to non-existing budget for training for the internal staff.
It's not a budget per se, but a decision. You train someone as an investment, hoping they will improve their work and do a better job. Hopefully you think that training an employee works out well.
A consultant is often brought on to get work done immediately. Or to make recommendations that fill in knowledge that your staff does not know.
In both cases nepotism/cronyism is a problem. I would argue that in many cases, however, you have employees that don't really learn much in training, or try to learn much or leave early, so the investment is lost. Companies are hesitant to make that investment at times.
I might argue that the companies don't show much loyalty, so they get what they pay for.
Lots of training, especially MOC training, isn't valuable for your job. It can be hard to find good training, and it can be hard to decide to offer training since reaching people and convincing them to spend $2-5k for a week is hard.
January 17, 2011 at 9:10 am
Grant Fritchey (1/17/2011)
While in the meeting, the consultant turned to me and said, "Hey Grant, didn't you just give a presentation on this to 600 people?" Our dev team sat there slack-jawed.
Ah, how sweet revenge can be sometimes! (Even Especially if you had nothing to do with it!)
Wayne
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January 17, 2011 at 10:52 am
Koen (da-zero) (1/17/2011)
GilaMonster (1/17/2011)
Was one of the things that contributed to me leaving the bank. The over-paid consultants from Big Named Consulting Company were considered (by upper management) to know more than any of the internal staff, they could overrule us, if we raised concerns they were ignored because Big Named Consultants knew better.
In some companies that is true, as they somehow have a gigantic budget for consultants, but a small to non-existing budget for training for the internal staff.
The bank had a huge training budget. They sent me to PASS Summit, fully paid, 3 years in a row. MS training courses, books, certifications, etc. If we could justify it we got it.
Management still valued the opinions of the Big Named Consultants over the internal staff.
Gail Shaw
Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
SQL In The Wild: Discussions on DB performance with occasional diversions into recoverability
January 17, 2011 at 10:54 am
GilaMonster (1/17/2011)
Koen (da-zero) (1/17/2011)
GilaMonster (1/17/2011)
Was one of the things that contributed to me leaving the bank. The over-paid consultants from Big Named Consulting Company were considered (by upper management) to know more than any of the internal staff, they could overrule us, if we raised concerns they were ignored because Big Named Consultants knew better.
In some companies that is true, as they somehow have a gigantic budget for consultants, but a small to non-existing budget for training for the internal staff.
The bank had a huge training budget. They sent me to PASS Summit, fully paid, 3 years in a row. MS training courses, books, certifications, etc. If we could justify it we got it.
Management still valued the opinions of the Big Named Consultants over the internal staff.
Sounds exactly like this place.
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- Theodore Roosevelt
Author of:
SQL Server Execution Plans
SQL Server Query Performance Tuning
January 17, 2011 at 11:14 am
GilaMonster (1/17/2011)
Koen (da-zero) (1/17/2011)
GilaMonster (1/17/2011)
Was one of the things that contributed to me leaving the bank. The over-paid consultants from Big Named Consulting Company were considered (by upper management) to know more than any of the internal staff, they could overrule us, if we raised concerns they were ignored because Big Named Consultants knew better.In some companies that is true, as they somehow have a gigantic budget for consultants, but a small to non-existing budget for training for the internal staff.
The bank had a huge training budget. They sent me to PASS Summit, fully paid, 3 years in a row. MS training courses, books, certifications, etc. If we could justify it we got it.
Management still valued the opinions of the Big Named Consultants over the internal staff.
I'm not saying companies do not train their internal staff. I'm saying some companies don't, unfortunately.
Luckily there are a lot of other companies who do invest in their people.
I have been fortunate that my current and previous employer did invest in my career/knowledge, so I'm very grateful.
I'm a consultant myself, so I can't really judge how the balance is between opinions of consultants vs internal staff, but I have always worked together with internal staff with great pleasure.
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