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David Burrows SSC Guru Points: 65142 More actions · Answer 1

djj (10/13/2016)
Let me get my walker....
20 years ago I had been working for 20 years.

Ditto 😀

p.s. I starting programming circa 1973 :w00t:

Far away is close at hand in the images of elsewhere.
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jasona.work SSC Guru Points: 50117 More actions · Answer 2

BrainDonor (10/13/2016)
jasona.work (10/12/2016)
even 20 years ago
Even 20 years ago! Even? I was 13 years into my IT career 20 years ago - it wasn't that far back!
Last week some staff in this office were talking about the new Westworld series - "Based on some really old movie". I watched that movie in the cinema when it first came out. It was in colour too - with sound. They even gave the organist the day off.
Back to my comfy chair in the corner. I hope they've mashed my food properly this time.

Geez, I'm starting to feel like the young whippersnapper here...

20 years back I was a lowly phone tech support guy for a order-by-catalog computer parts company (they still listed 8" floppy disks and 1/2" reel-to-reel magnetic tape in the catalog at that time)

I do recall the original Westworld (though I never saw it,) the VHS box cover in the rental store, Yul Brenners face hinged to the side and the machinery underneath was eye catching...

jasona.work SSC Guru Points: 50117 More actions · Answer 3

David Burrows (10/13/2016)
djj (10/13/2016)
Let me get my walker....
20 years ago I had been working for 20 years.
Ditto 😀
p.s. I starting programming circa 1973 :w00t:

Geez, '73 I think I might've been learning to walk...

Gail Shaw SSC Guru Points: 1004504 More actions · Answer 4

20 years ago I was at University. 2nd year specifically, Maths, Physics, Computer Science.

And I'm one of the oldest people at my current company (CEO is 2 years younger than I am)

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

We walk in the dark places no others will enter
We stand on the bridge and no one may pass

BLOB EATER SSChampion Points: 14609 More actions · Answer 5

GilaMonster (10/13/2016)
20 years ago I was at University. 2nd year specifically, Maths, Physics, Computer Science.
And I'm one of the oldest people at my current company (CEO is 2 years younger than I am)

I watched your sqlbits conference ( first time I got to see what you look like) I thought you were mid 30s..

p.s. I am curious what programming languages did you do back then at Uni?

Gail Shaw SSC Guru Points: 1004504 More actions · Answer 6

BLOB_EATER (10/13/2016)
I watched your sqlbits conference ( first time I got to see what you look like) I thought you were mid 30s..

Not too far off. 40 later this year and you either watched last year or the year before's SQLBits.

p.s. I am curious what programming languages did you do back then at Uni?

C++ mostly, Modula2 (Pascal-alike), did some 8086 and Sun Sparc assembler, not much though. AI was done in Prolog (Expert systems, not very relevant today)

They were starting to phase Java in as a starting language for the 1st years when I left.

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

We walk in the dark places no others will enter
We stand on the bridge and no one may pass

Neil Burton SSC-Insane Points: 22999 More actions · Answer 7

GilaMonster (10/13/2016)
20 years ago I was at University. 2nd year specifically, Maths, Physics, Computer Science.
And I'm one of the oldest people at my current company (CEO is 2 years younger than I am)

I'd just started my first year doing Ocean Science. I'm now one of the youngest at my place.

On two occasions I have been asked, "Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?" ... I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question.
—Charles Babbage, Passages from the Life of a Philosopher

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rodjkidd SSCoach Points: 15915 More actions · Answer 8

GilaMonster (10/13/2016)
BLOB_EATER (10/13/2016)
I watched your sqlbits conference ( first time I got to see what you look like) I thought you were mid 30s..
Not too far off. 40 later this year and you either watched last year or the year before's SQLBits.

Ah, so I am between you and Grant, so to speak! 😉

Rodders...

(turned 46 a month ago!)

Ed Wagner SSC Guru Points: 287026 More actions · Answer 9

jasona.work (10/13/2016)
David Burrows (10/13/2016)
djj (10/13/2016)
Let me get my walker....
20 years ago I had been working for 20 years.
Ditto 😀
p.s. I starting programming circa 1973 :w00t:
Geez, '73 I think I might've been learning to walk...

Heh - 20 years and one week ago is when I got married. I had dark hair then. :hehe:

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Luis Cazares SSC Guru Points: 183706 More actions · Answer 10

Ed Wagner (10/13/2016)
jasona.work (10/13/2016)
David Burrows (10/13/2016)
djj (10/13/2016)
Let me get my walker....
20 years ago I had been working for 20 years.
Ditto 😀
p.s. I starting programming circa 1973 :w00t:
Geez, '73 I think I might've been learning to walk...
Heh - 20 years and one week ago is when I got married. I had dark hair then. :hehe:

20 years and one day ago, I was celebrating my 12th birthday.

Luis C.
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Sean Lange SSC Guru Points: 286590 More actions · Answer 11

Luis Cazares (10/13/2016)
Ed Wagner (10/13/2016)
jasona.work (10/13/2016)
David Burrows (10/13/2016)
djj (10/13/2016)
Let me get my walker....
20 years ago I had been working for 20 years.
Ditto 😀
p.s. I starting programming circa 1973 :w00t:
Geez, '73 I think I might've been learning to walk...
Heh - 20 years and one week ago is when I got married. I had dark hair then. :hehe:
20 years and one day ago, I was celebrating my 12th birthday.

20 years ago I was still working as a chef and playing in punk bands. Last album I was on was released 20 years ago. 19 years ago I made the decision to switch careers and went back to college for a second round. 😛

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Jack Corbett SSC Guru Points: 184394 More actions · Answer 12

Luis Cazares (10/13/2016)
Ed Wagner (10/13/2016)
jasona.work (10/13/2016)
David Burrows (10/13/2016)
djj (10/13/2016)
Let me get my walker....
20 years ago I had been working for 20 years.
Ditto 😀
p.s. I starting programming circa 1973 :w00t:
Geez, '73 I think I might've been learning to walk...
Heh - 20 years and one week ago is when I got married. I had dark hair then. :hehe:
20 years and one day ago, I was celebrating my 12th birthday.

I was walking in 1973. Even had my first concussion and broken bone by then.

20 years ago I was still thinking my future was as a basketball coach, had been married for a year, and had just bought my first computer. I got a late start in IT. I was still 3 years away from my first job in IT as a Jr. Software Developer working in VB6 and SQL Server.

I'm in the lower middle of the age range in IT at my current gig as most people at my company have been there for 15+ years and it isn't their first job in IT.

Jack Corbett
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Luis Cazares SSC Guru Points: 183706 More actions · Answer 13

Changing subject here.

Has anyone else had problems with the site being slow or fully unavailable since last night (American time)?

Luis C.
General Disclaimer:
Are you seriously taking the advice and code from someone from the internet without testing it? Do you at least understand it? Or can it easily kill your server?

How to post data/code on a forum to get the best help: Option 1 / Option 2

Sean Lange SSC Guru Points: 286590 More actions · Answer 14

WOW...http://www.sql-datatools.com/2016/05/sql-queries-tuning-and-optimization.html

This is supposed to be a list of things to do to optimize queries. While some of these are valid most of them lack context or explanation. And some of them are just plain awful. :sick:

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Cross Tabs and Pivots, Part 1 – Converting Rows to Columns - http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/T-SQL/63681/
Cross Tabs and Pivots, Part 2 - Dynamic Cross Tabs - http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Crosstab/65048/
Understanding and Using APPLY (Part 1) - http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/APPLY/69953/
Understanding and Using APPLY (Part 2) - http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/APPLY/69954/

Sean Lange SSC Guru Points: 286590 More actions · Answer 15

Luis Cazares (10/13/2016)
Changing subject here.
Has anyone else had problems with the site being slow or fully unavailable since last night (American time)?

Nope. Working fine for me.

_______________________________________________________________

Need help? Help us help you.

Read the article at http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Best+Practices/61537/ for best practices on asking questions.

Need to split a string? Try Jeff Modens splitter http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Tally+Table/72993/.

Cross Tabs and Pivots, Part 1 – Converting Rows to Columns - http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/T-SQL/63681/
Cross Tabs and Pivots, Part 2 - Dynamic Cross Tabs - http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Crosstab/65048/
Understanding and Using APPLY (Part 1) - http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/APPLY/69953/
Understanding and Using APPLY (Part 2) - http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/APPLY/69954/