Are the posted questions getting worse?
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Chad Crawford (6/9/2011)
So I just started a consulting company and I have a question for you. What should my title be? If I'm the CEO, the company looks really small - any time the CEO is out doing something, there can't be that many people back at the "office". Although it's just me and will probably stay that way, I'd like the company to sound like it has clout. The other upside to not having a "top level" title is that when people you don't want to talk to call, you can always say, "the boss isn't in". If I'm a "Database Engineer", it doesn't sound like I know anything. Senior SQL Engineer? VP of ________? Director of Database Technology? Hmmm......If it were me, I'd have several titles and use the appropriate one in the appropriate situation. When I'm talking with investors, I'm the CEO. When I'm talking to high-end tech people, I'm the CIO. When I'm out drumming up business I'd be a Technical Sales Lead, etc...
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Chad Crawford (6/9/2011)
If I'm a "Database Engineer", it doesn't sound like I know anything.That was my title at the bank 3 or so years ago...
Senior consultant? Managing Consultant?
Gail Shaw
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GilaMonster (6/9/2011)
I post too much.That's pretty awesome. Congratulations!
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When you encounter a problem, if the solution isn't readily evident go back to the start and check your assumptions.
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Congrats, Gail!
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Chad Crawford (6/9/2011)
So I just started a consulting company and I have a question for you. What should my title be? If I'm the CEO, the company looks really small - any time the CEO is out doing something, there can't be that many people back at the "office". Although it's just me and will probably stay that way, I'd like the company to sound like it has clout. The other upside to not having a "top level" title is that when people you don't want to talk to call, you can always say, "the boss isn't in". If I'm a "Database Engineer", it doesn't sound like I know anything. Senior SQL Engineer? VP of ________? Director of Database Technology? Hmmm......First of all, congratulations!
I'm doing the same and I had the same thoughts, and I decided I can have no title at all! I ordered my business cards with just my name + contacts and the company name.
-- Gianluca Sartori
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Stefan Krzywicki (6/9/2011)
I think I'd be more worried about someone with a gladius on a subway car. A claymore is a lot of steel in a confined space.It's more the psychological effect. 'His weapons are larger than mine' impression.
Gail Shaw
Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
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GilaMonster (6/9/2011)
I post too much.Yes, you do. 😛
Congratulations Gail, and thank you for the countless times you helped me.
-- Gianluca Sartori
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Darn , 25K.... And I am 2.5K 😀
-Roy
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Gianluca Sartori (6/9/2011)
Our alphabet soup friend gives weird recommendations on LinkedINI'm starting to think he downloaded his certs from the pirate bay. 😀
Dang it, and I was paying for my tests. I might as well go download them now too:-D
Jason...AKA CirqueDeSQLeil
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GilaMonster (6/9/2011)
Is this person irritating anyone else, or am I just in low-tolerance mode at the moment?I was wondering if it was I that was in low tolerance.
Jason...AKA CirqueDeSQLeil
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Brandie Tarvin (6/9/2011)
Hey, Steve (and other Prius owners), I just heard about this and wanted to pass it along:Toyota says a problem with electric power steering is prompting a recall of about 52,000 Priuses from 2001-3 in the United States, part of a global action affecting 106,000 vehicles.
First the accelerator and now the steering. And if both go screwy at the same time then the Toyota slogan may not apply "Driving Forward."
Jason...AKA CirqueDeSQLeil
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Kiara (6/9/2011)
Tom.Thomson (6/9/2011)
Kit G (6/8/2011)
Wearing boots with a kilt isn't a problem (as long as we have socks). But sandals and a kilt? Perhaps... maybe... in a Roman Legionaire kind of way... maybe. (see above point about the legs.)What would you make of tulaichean pumps or gille brogues with a kilt then? I usually wear the latter, used to wear the former quite often but not much now, but depending on the occassion have worn sneakers, wellies, ankle boots, sandals, wrapovers, formal shoes, and flipflops with kilt - like most people, I suit footwear to the current task rather than worrying about fashion, and if the footwear is right for a given task it's right whether I'm wearing a kilt or something different.
As for socks with kilt:- short socks with casual lace-ups or ankle boots, long with wellies or formal lace-ups, and whatever (long socks, short socks, or no socks) suits the occasion (and the weather) with any of the others.
All of the above work.
It's not socks with sandals and a kilt that give me pause... it's the specific image of socks with sandals - and only a particular kind of "socks with sandals" image - that creates that reaction.
Because that brings back memories of a certain fashion era that I keep hoping is dead and gone...
No fashion era is dead. Bell bottoms made a come back. Gummy shoes (and accessories) made a comeback. Even the mullet made a comeback. Yet the worst of them all is flip flops and they keep coming back. Whether with formal attire or beach attire, people can't discern where flip flops belong.
Jason...AKA CirqueDeSQLeil
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SQL RNNR
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Kiara (6/9/2011)
Grant Fritchey (6/9/2011)
Kiara (6/9/2011)
Tom.Thomson (6/9/2011)
Kit G (6/8/2011)
Wearing boots with a kilt isn't a problem (as long as we have socks). But sandals and a kilt? Perhaps... maybe... in a Roman Legionaire kind of way... maybe. (see above point about the legs.)What would you make of tulaichean pumps or gille brogues with a kilt then? I usually wear the latter, used to wear the former quite often but not much now, but depending on the occassion have worn sneakers, wellies, ankle boots, sandals, wrapovers, formal shoes, and flipflops with kilt - like most people, I suit footwear to the current task rather than worrying about fashion, and if the footwear is right for a given task it's right whether I'm wearing a kilt or something different.
As for socks with kilt:- short socks with casual lace-ups or ankle boots, long with wellies or formal lace-ups, and whatever (long socks, short socks, or no socks) suits the occasion (and the weather) with any of the others.
All of the above work.
It's not socks with sandals and a kilt that give me pause... it's the specific image of socks with sandals - and only a particular kind of "socks with sandals" image - that creates that reaction.
Because that brings back memories of a certain fashion era that I keep hoping is dead and gone...
I was just going to wear black socks that went about 1/3 of the way up my shin, that's right isn't it? Or were we talking argyle?
Not gonna take the bait. Not gonna take the bait. Nope. Going to find happy things to think about. Yes. Happy things.
I thought that style never left.
At least black socks are more fashionable now.
Jason...AKA CirqueDeSQLeil
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I have given a name to my pain...MCM SQL Server, MVP
SQL RNNR
Posting Performance Based Questions - Gail Shaw[/url]
Learn Extended Events -
SQLRNNR (6/9/2011)
Kiara (6/9/2011)
Tom.Thomson (6/9/2011)
Kit G (6/8/2011)
Wearing boots with a kilt isn't a problem (as long as we have socks). But sandals and a kilt? Perhaps... maybe... in a Roman Legionaire kind of way... maybe. (see above point about the legs.)What would you make of tulaichean pumps or gille brogues with a kilt then? I usually wear the latter, used to wear the former quite often but not much now, but depending on the occassion have worn sneakers, wellies, ankle boots, sandals, wrapovers, formal shoes, and flipflops with kilt - like most people, I suit footwear to the current task rather than worrying about fashion, and if the footwear is right for a given task it's right whether I'm wearing a kilt or something different.
As for socks with kilt:- short socks with casual lace-ups or ankle boots, long with wellies or formal lace-ups, and whatever (long socks, short socks, or no socks) suits the occasion (and the weather) with any of the others.
All of the above work.
It's not socks with sandals and a kilt that give me pause... it's the specific image of socks with sandals - and only a particular kind of "socks with sandals" image - that creates that reaction.
Because that brings back memories of a certain fashion era that I keep hoping is dead and gone...
No fashion era is dead. Bell bottoms made a come back. Gummy shoes (and accessories) made a comeback. Even the mullet made a comeback. Yet the worst of them all is flip flops and they keep coming back. Whether with formal attire or beach attire, people can't discern where flip flops belong.
They used to sell sandals around here that were basically about 20 layers of sticky tape, to create a sole, but let you walk around barefoot. When it got grundgy, you just rip off a layer and stick it back on your foot. Thought that was an interesting one.
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GilaMonster (6/9/2011)
I post too much.Nah. It's measured on a ratio of knowledge:posts, which actually means you post too little.
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