I agree that is a shame....

Grant Fritchey (9/9/2011)

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And there, things break down. I have 20 years in the business. I'm a published author. I teach SQL Server. I don't have a degree. You're telling me...

developerguy11 (9/9/2011)

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It has been my experience that developers without degrees may be able to function well in one roll, but it is more predictable (not always) that developers with a...

I never went to college. I started programming at a young agethrough my father's encouragement. When I hit high school I had already started doing some projects for...

I think I'd rather have the bite from a Gila Monster, which is at least recoverable, than the bite from an employer because the data has gone bye bye.

Ninja's_RGR'us (8/25/2011)

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Not really far behind. 9 figures / year here. And we only have 4 guys doing all the it stuff plus a consultant once in a while.

Agreed...

I work for a rather...

I once worked at a health insurance company that used a version of Access from the mid 90's to manage their entire...

I find that DBA work is part developer and part systems admin. Somewhere in the middle of IT as it were. Where exactly the line falls is going...

For a general intro to SS2k8 I would suggest the training kit "MCTS 70-432: SQL Server 2008 Implementation and maintenance". That will give you a nice overview of Sql...

Dwayne's right an index on the table would help Sql Server locate the rows you want to remove. Base the index on the fields in the where clause of...

Grant, I do the same thing. I've always got a tech book with me. I was reading that same book, Sql Server 2008 Internals, in between meetings, at...

You could try WordPress (PHP based). A lot of sql Server bloggers use it. It's also what I intend to use as I will be starting my own...

I tend to believe that one should try to be much more than a "bench-warmer". Yes many companies do not seem to recognize employee contributions when review time comes...