Most of the airline industry is strapped for cash as it is and struggling just to stay alive. You don't seriously think they have the money or time and energy...

One big solar flare or geo-magnetic storm would make most technology and machines today on earth useless. So, please remember that before you become too dependent on it or praise...

I always tell people who want to ascend to managment "Hey that's fine. Just make sure you do it for the right reasons. Becoming a manager just to exercise control...

See my signature quote. 😀

"One of them said there are only really 3 questions in an interview

Can they do the job?

Will they do the job?

Will they fit in?"

I noticed these aren't ordered in importance...

joe.eager (5/2/2013)

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TravisDBA (5/2/2013)

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Joe,

I don't think most of us are saying that at...

Brent Ozar wrote a SQL script called "Blitz! 60 Minute Takeovers" that is meant for DBA's taking over existing database servers and databases that they are inheriting. It's a priceless...

Joe,

I don't think most of us are saying that at all. People...

djackson 22568 (5/1/2013)

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I can go much further than that. Nice, quiet, unassumming surgeons with excellent people skills and the patience of a saint don't exist. OR nurses learn...

Exactly djackson, they are two totally different things. 😀

majorbloodnock (5/1/2013)

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TravisDBA (5/1/2013)

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majorbloodnock (5/1/2013)

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umailedit (4/30/2013)

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My point is that if I'm being operated on, I don't want one brilliant person; I want the best team performance possible. If one person's performance,...

majorbloodnock (5/1/2013)

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umailedit (4/30/2013)

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Let me take the contrary view here.

Hypothetical Question: You are about to have a brain aneurysm operated on. Who would you pick?

1) A brain surgeon with little less...

Jim Youmans-439383 (4/30/2013)

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Part of the daily grind for a DBA, in my experience, is dealing with frustrated people. You have to have excellent technical skills to find and fix...

phonetictalk (4/30/2013)

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I would argue there's a difference between lacking people skills and being rude/arrogant/short-tempered too. While people without people skills can come across as rude or arrogant, it's a question...

Miles Neale (4/30/2013)

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TravisDBA (4/30/2013)

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A past boss of mine once told me once when I asked him what he expected from me as his main DBA and he told me something...