July 2, 2008 at 2:02 pm
The company is growing and they acknowledge this in the beginning of the interview
The job had the option to work Production, Development or ETL teams, they are overworked and understaffed and acknowledge the need to add more
The job descp mentioned nothing about travel...and I think many take this off as more seek a work/life balance
Most travel jobs are incorrectly labeled as more than 50%...
July 2, 2008 at 2:24 pm
Sounds like they really need you and really like you. Means, if you want to negotiate, you're doing it from a position of strength. There are worse positions to be in. 🙂
Gail Shaw
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July 2, 2008 at 3:16 pm
Jeff Moden (7/2/2008)
You didn't know it was a mostly ETL job going in? Company either made a mistake or weren't getting any responses to begin with so changed the JD.
It seems to happen a lot. I just got snagged on one like that (they were looking for a heavy duty OLAP person, and not a single mention in the JD of OLAP, Analysis Services, cubes...). Funny - they also forgot to mention "mind-reader" in there as well....:P
That being said - I think Gail is onto something. If you've made the right impression, find your niche and go for it. Not often do you end up up in a place where you can "call the ball", so don't spoil it....:)
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July 2, 2008 at 3:49 pm
jsheldon (7/2/2008)
Neither could I, I know it is within the ALTER TABLE command and that's what I put as my answerI didn't give very detailed variable specifics when naming trans-act commands...
There is also the good old-fashioned sp_rename stored proc.
July 3, 2008 at 11:26 am
Michael Valentine Jones (7/2/2008)
jsheldon (7/2/2008)
Neither could I, I know it is within the ALTER TABLE command and that's what I put as my answerI didn't give very detailed variable specifics when naming trans-act commands...
There is also the good old-fashioned sp_rename stored proc.
That's the one I was thinking of, but to use it, I'd have to check the parameters. Don't have it memorized.
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