Peter, it's...

Mike Dougherty-384281 (12/8/2012)

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Another good reason to be replaceable is that you should be able to "hand off" to a coworker so you can advance within the organization. If you've...

The only DBA's, or even developers for that matter, in the companies I have had experience with in the past that have become "irreplaceable' is because the company let them...

I agree most definitely with practice, practice,practice. However, with most Disaster Recovery scenarios I have had experience with in the last 20 years, the actual event never goes as planned...

Steve,

Love him or hate him (and sometimes I do) I do have to agree that Bill Gates is one great speaker. One of my favorites, is his "11 rules of...

Personally, while I think it is definitely beneficial to be "cordial" to the people you work with, I would not go so far as to say that you need to...

Yes there is. In the immortal words of Peter Drucker:

"Efficiency is doing things right; effectiveness...

Miles Neale (12/5/2012)

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Did I read the article right? If you have an employee who does a good job, is somewhat driven to get the job done but sees value...

majorbloodnock (2/26/2008)

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And this is one of the reasons I tend to distrust some psychological techniques.

Certainly there can be defining characteristics to someone, but shoehorning people into compartments to try to...

chrisn-585491 (12/3/2012)

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After seeing the mess that is the Windows 8 interface, plus all the changes to management tools, the multiple changes in the Office interfaces, I'm not sure that Microsoft...

If you are going to backup all the user databases on a database server, why not just use a Maintenance Plan? Simple to do.:-D

OCTom (11/30/2012)

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For me, the database and code changes occur simultaneously. I don't recall haing a database change not affect applications in some way. Some database changes such as adding new...

Yes,...

David.Poole (11/29/2012)

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Too much detail dilutes management effectiveness.

If you are a detail person and a manager then it is too easy to get sucked into detailed technical debates rather than stepping...

Hiza,

Just remember to not let these kinds of things get you upset. Managment many times asks dumb questions. It does not mean they are dumb. Just misinformed. There's no such...