However if you have a dream, something you want to pursue, and it's not the job you're in, think about making a change. Look for ways to move to your...

For better and for worse, the web has let the privacy djin out of the bottle.

My solution is very simple: live transparently. If you want to know what's going on...

Interesting post. One that will no doubt generate some responses here.

I disagree with the scope of the post. Or rather, I sense a compression of incompatible scopes in this editorial....

I agree with SomeGuy - you have to be willing to keep up with technology. If you're the kind of person who wants to learn something in college and then...

Well, cgnospam, "Truly, you have a dizzying intellect."

I doubt we're going to reach any kind of concensus and that's fine.

Good luck!

Andy

cgnospam (7/12/2008)

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I have met M$ employee "experts" who are completely full of crap, and do nothing more than spew a the M$ party line. I have also met M$ employees...

Interesting discussion.

I view SQL Server MVPs as a group of very talented and passionate Microsoft database professionals... plus me.

I've heard people accuse MVPs of bias towards Microsoft in the...

Hi SomeGuy,

I disagree. Microsoft has overwhelming marketshare and customer loyalty - why change? That's not to say Microsoft shouldn't strive to release better products. They should. And they do. From...

Software is part science and part art.

The science to the decision goes something like this: Somewhere in a marketing cube (or office) at Microsoft there's likely a graph with...

Impressive adaptation and paraphrase skills sir!

I think certifications are a good thing. I don't think they're the only thing.

:{> Andy

CONGRATULATIONS Jeff and Michael!

:{> Andy

I've always felt the data layer should contain the raw metrics and the reporting (presentation) layer should display vectors. How the presentation obtains the units of measure is up to...

Steve, I love these articles and updates!

Not trying to go all engineer on you or anything (and I haven't read the linked article - it may mention this already), but...

Being a glass-half-full kind of person, I see it this way:

1. Everyone has to start somewhere.

2. Very few people know everything.

3. Some - a minority, I believe -...

I would stage the destination in a table through the data flows and then write it to a flat file in another data flow - maybe. It would depend on...