Yeah, I know management is probably one of the biggest offenders. I'm with you on that one; it's frustrating.

As to the second point, I don't buy it so much. But...

I want to bypass the "Is theis a WTF or not" part of the argument and address another thing mentioned.

It's an attitude pervasive to this site and, indeed, to the...

Thanks once again, Joe, for your brow-beating and demeaning response that was of no help!

Add to that the insult you just gave so many on this forum by referring to...

I'd like to do a minor threadjack here, assuming the question was answered to the submitter's satisfaction, and ask "why?"

I have a purely theoretical question, not related to any particular...

Nice summary, but one (and its corollary) is mistaken:

No organisation shrinks to greatness!

Should say most don't. Or some don't. Many do. Prime example: General Electric. Many companies get fat, bloated,...

There's another, simpler way:

SELECT CASE WHEN consultantability IS NULL

THEN 0

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