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  • RE: Technology Guilt

    ZZartin - Wednesday, January 4, 2017 1:37 PM

    Eric M Russell (1/4/2017)The key to job security is insuring that you're never just a cog...

  • RE: A Lifetime of Software

    TheFault (5/10/2016)


    In my mid thirties now and pretty much put off by the demands of IT.

    This happened to me, when I was a permie too. I worked for a...

  • RE: A Lifetime of Software

    Japie Botma (5/10/2016)


    Congratulations Howard. And I thought I am an old man in IT. 🙂 Officially retired 6 weeks ago and landed my first DBA Consulting job 3 weeks...

  • RE: A Lifetime of Software

    I'm 66, today actually, and I've just finished a contract as Oracle Rdb DBA on OpenVMS, a legacy skill. I started in 1976 taking a programming course, as...

  • RE: Are We Suckers?

    Gary,

    Apart from the dollars for extra hours worked and some personal satisfaction, did you receive any other benefits for your efforts e.g. new contract thereafter, glowing reference, gesture of...

  • RE: Are We Suckers?

    I used a personal credit card once for a job to get vendor after hours support then my boss had to fight purchasing to get me paid back. I...

  • RE: Are We Suckers?

    TheFault (12/22/2015)


    I worked at a place which involved leaving office at 7-8pm most nights, going home to eat something quickly then log in again for some change promotion or maintenance...

  • RE: Are We Suckers?

    I think you missed an and: compensation should be about results AND hours.

    Excellent point, Mike. Putting in extra time to solve a problem and not succeeding is...

  • RE: Rogue Software Changes

    If you were smart enough to develop this "defeat device", wouldn't you want to tell someone about it ie your boss and perhaps snag a pay rise? If...

  • RE: Rogue Software Changes

    Sean,

    To get to know an A380 inside and out to be able to handle it in all normal situations takes an experienced commercial pilot many hours.

    However, the basic...

  • RE: Rogue Software Changes

    I too am sceptical that management didn't know. If it genuinely didn't know, it needs to explain to the world, how the rogue developers were able to keep this...

  • RE: Would You Pay To Wear Jeans?

    apologies posted twice

  • RE: Would You Pay To Wear Jeans?

    A former colleague opined that a suit is easy, so you don't need to make a decision about what to wear. I've worked in different countries and it's only...

  • RE: The DBA is Dead

    Sqlserver 7.0. Was it then that the feature was introduced to configure automatic index generation?

    Nice feature in the RIGHT hands, but Microsoft either forgot to mention it or emphasise...

  • RE: The Value of Your Time

    I believe that these types of rules are intended to discourage frivolous expenditure but inevitably indicate weak management lower down (perhaps the CEO is a micromanager). Unfortunately, they...

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