January 20, 2011 at 6:17 am
My article on Netmeeting is published... Yay..!!! Thanks Steve.
-Roy
January 20, 2011 at 6:30 am
GilaMonster (1/19/2011)
Craig Farrell (1/19/2011)
Side note: How does one become a MS SQL MVP? My google-fu is failing miserably.You get a nice little email from MS on the first day of the quarter saying "Congratulations, you've been awarded MVP for <current year>" 😉 😛
Seriously...
You need to be nominated, then the MVPGA (global admin) review your community contributions to see if they think you make the bar. If they do, you get the email. If they don't, you never know a thing.
Or short-circuit the whole thing, start calling yourself a "Microsoft NVP" (Not-Quite As Valuable Player), and see how many people think it's just a typo.
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January 20, 2011 at 6:35 am
January 20, 2011 at 6:43 am
Roy Ernest (1/20/2011)
My article on Netmeeting is published... Yay..!!! Thanks Steve.
Congrats.
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January 20, 2011 at 6:46 am
Brandie Tarvin (1/20/2011)
I was new to SQL Server, having only held two short term contracts before this. I didn't know what to expect and figured 5 years experience put me out of consideration anyway. Fortunately, I found a job right after that which was willing to hire a trainable junior DBA. And I'm still here, going on my sixth year with the company. I love my employer. Stupid things happen from time to time, but the atmosphere and the leadership is fantastic.I'll keep your comment (about those types of job descriptions) in mind the next time I have to go job hunting, though. That'll would be nice, to be able to dictate the tools and timelines.
You really have to get the feel of it from the interview, if you get people with the attitude of "how hard can it be?" or "I'm in charge even if I have no idea of what I'm doing", the project can be an unmitigated disaster.
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January 20, 2011 at 6:48 am
GSquared (1/20/2011)
Or short-circuit the whole thing, start calling yourself a "Microsoft NVP" (Not-Quite As Valuable Player), and see how many people think it's just a typo.
That one is worth remembering 😀
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January 20, 2011 at 7:33 am
Koen (da-zero) (1/20/2011)
Brandie Tarvin (1/20/2011)
I saw a job description once that very specifically asked for 5 years experience in SQL 2005.That was in May of 2005.
So they were specifically targetting the SQL Server development team? 🙂
Hey, you stole my line!!! 🙂
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January 20, 2011 at 10:08 am
Stefan Krzywicki (1/20/2011)
My favorite was one that wanted 5+ years experience in VB.Net in 2001.
I think that I saw that job as well. Saw a few similar ones asking for C# in that timeframe.
It's often a case of the HR person or manager writing the description and not knowing what the technology is.
January 20, 2011 at 10:13 am
Steve Jones - SSC Editor (1/20/2011)
Stefan Krzywicki (1/20/2011)
My favorite was one that wanted 5+ years experience in VB.Net in 2001.
I think that I saw that job as well. Saw a few similar ones asking for C# in that timeframe.
It's often a case of the HR person or manager writing the description and not knowing what the technology is.
Not always HR that messes up. Had a manager once who questioned why I wanted to install SQL 2005 on Windows 2003 server instead of Windows 2005 server. I should have told him to convince our network administrator to let me do that. 😛
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January 20, 2011 at 10:19 am
New forum for speakers. Critique abstracts and titles. I would love the feedback from people that actually go to sessions and try to decide what's good and bad.
January 20, 2011 at 10:45 am
GSquared (1/20/2011)
Roy Ernest (1/20/2011)
My article on Netmeeting is published... Yay..!!! Thanks Steve.Congrats.
Thanks Gus. 🙂
-Roy
January 20, 2011 at 10:52 am
Steve Jones - SSC Editor (1/20/2011)
New forum for speakers. Critique abstracts and titles. I would love the feedback from people that actually go to sessions and try to decide what's good and bad.
I'm getting the "Permission Denied" error in Google Reader from the RSS feed for this one.
Am I the only one getting these errrors in Google Reader? No one on The Thread is using it?
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January 20, 2011 at 11:40 am
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Steve Jones - SSC Editor (1/20/2011)
New forum for speakers. Critique abstracts and titles. I would love the feedback from people that actually go to sessions and try to decide what's good and bad.I'm getting the "Permission Denied" error in Google Reader from the RSS feed for this one.
Am I the only one getting these errrors in Google Reader? No one on The Thread is using it?
I'm getting an ASP Runtime error by trying to click on Steve's link.
January 20, 2011 at 1:26 pm
Steve Jones - SSC Editor (1/20/2011)
New forum for speakers. Critique abstracts and titles. I would love the feedback from people that actually go to sessions and try to decide what's good and bad.
Great idea.
Since I will be preparing some (small) training and a presentation this year, this forum could possibly help me a lot.
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January 20, 2011 at 2:05 pm
Luke L (1/20/2011)
Grant Fritchey (1/20/2011)
Steve Jones - SSC Editor (1/20/2011)
New forum for speakers. Critique abstracts and titles. I would love the feedback from people that actually go to sessions and try to decide what's good and bad.I'm getting the "Permission Denied" error in Google Reader from the RSS feed for this one.
Am I the only one getting these errrors in Google Reader? No one on The Thread is using it?
I'm getting an ASP Runtime error by trying to click on Steve's link.
Using IE 7 on a XP Professional box ... no problem
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