This is going to sound weird, but having tried to be a sales person before becoming a programmer, I am kind of torn on the question. I get paid...

Does the job matter? It does and it doesn't. Some times it is not the job itself that makes the difference, it is your attitude and the attitude...

This may seem like a lame brain idea, but why not give them a special Advertiser section on the site, with an Advertisers Forum section?

They can use the advertising section...

I like the comments and the wide range of ideas that all still say the same thing, get a good chair. And they are right, it doesn't have to...

You've got the right idea. Many times, if I'm stuck on a problem, I'll turn to the person in my section who understands what I'm working on the least....

Oh yeah, I'm definitely a DIYer. I find that the diversity of what I've learned to do in the past has paid off in the future. Many of...

Be afraid, very afraid. As one of those people who is not a DBA but is expected to do things above and beyond what I've ever been trained for,...