The 'likeability'/'people like us' factor can be highly problematic and lead to teams comprised of people with very similar approaches to the work. This limits the options avaialble in any...

I've tinkered with it, but don't particularly like it as a language to work with. It certainly has its usefulness, but before I ended up a SQL Server DBA...

In my experience it often comes from 'platforms' people, especially when you have systems that are clustered across...

I've come across numerous naming schemes over the years. Simple letter and number codes depicting OS and a simple count of the servers of that type (e.g. ux01, win03);...

From the editorial :

"A team I work with now has converted four holidays to floating personal days – essentially vacation – and removing four minor holidays from the holiday schedule"

This...

I've also worked as a DBA across a range of industries - Local Government, software vendor, charity, manufacturing, finance - and my experience tallies with yours, as far as the...

jevitts (12/23/2014)

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So what makes my job fun? I don't think it comes down to a money issue. If they paid me less I'd probably still be here. If they paid...

I think it's largely about 'flow'. In a small team situation, without the overhead of the bureaucracy that comes with change control etc, you get to build momentum in...

Iwas Bornready (12/11/2014)

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An this business of IT staff not wanting to work on non-professional written programs, doesn't sound much like a professional to me. If you can't look at code...

Andrew..Peterson (10/28/2014)

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What I find interesting is that many in business love to watch sports, where the players are as critical to the team as the manager/coach. But once...

GilaMonster (10/28/2014)

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RP1966 (10/28/2014)

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They do, but there's a big difference between the politics of negotiation and consensus...

They do, but there's a big difference between the politics of negotiation and consensus reaching between...

I think the problem with management in relation to technical teams is often one of authority.

The members of the team have natural authority, in the sense that...

Xavon (10/15/2014)

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I get a lot of mixed messages from management about 'learning when to say no' vs 'supporting the rest of the company is our job'. So I go...