Excellent post!

I've encountered the same issues so I usually just tell people that I do database work. 

The potential problem with telling people that you work with...

You can add me to the list of POSH believers. I finally got around to looking at it about a year ago and I can honestly say that I...

I've been on vacation so I'm a little late to the party on this topic, but regarding the issue as to whether laziness could be considered a good trait, I...

I work for a public school system and all of our portable devices have the district seal laser etched on the exterior of the device along with GPS tracking devices...

Sigerson (12/13/2012)

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Mad Hacker (12/13/2012)

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My brother works for a call center and whenever the area is threatened by a hurricane, they fly their critical support staff and their families to St....

I live on the gulf coast and consider natural diasters (hurricanes) and DR recovery plans to be a way of life. My employer has a diesel generator that is...

I'd like to see at an appearance at least one location in the Southeast, maybe Atlanta, Raleigh/Durham, New Orleans, or Jacksonville. I would also be interested in attending presentations...

Rod at work (10/17/2012)

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Mad Hacker, I appreciate the mention of the book on PowerShell you found useful. I should look it up. Often the PowerShell tips I see...

I finally jumped on the Powershell bandwagon earlier this year and have had no regrets. I felt that learning Powershell would be a good way to enhance my skillset...

I feel that there's a tradeoff in going either route. In my opinion, ORMs may be better suited for prototype apps and smaller and/or short lived database apps where...

Another nice job, Andy. You continue to be my "go to" guy on all things SSIS. I had the opportunity to attend your SSIS training session at the...

While I can somewhat sympathize with the portability concern, I feel that it's a Cost/Benefit type of situation, and in many if not most cases, it will probably cost more...

On Memorial Day weekend I prefer to watch the old throwback war movies on cable that feature actors that are no longer with us. A personal favorite is the...

This is an excellent editorial! I've worked for a few companies where the corporate philosophy was that all of their employees were either moving up or moving out. ...

We couldn't upgrade to 2012 even if we wanted to. A good portion of our data warehousing services are contracted out to a 3rd party vendor and they've not...