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  • RE: What is your opinion on Outsourcing?

    How would you make it illegal for a US company from contracting with a company overseas to work on IT projects?

    I'm not so sure we can make it illegal, but...

  • RE: The Death March

    Done, this topic has been moved over to "Anything not SQL". It is a very important topic that I feel more people need to be aware of that affects our...

  • RE: The Death March

    Sorry to have strayed off topic.

    No problem guys, consider it closed. However, I have seen many threads stray off topic in this forum before, I have even heard it justified....

  • RE: The Death March

    You know, I don't know that this needs any kind of legislation. The middle ground is horrible for everyone involved except the companies who get forced labor at cheap prices.

    This...

  • RE: The Death March

    Stefan Krzywicki (5/28/2010)


    TravisDBA (5/28/2010)


    Stefan Krzywicki (5/28/2010)


    Early in my career as a contractor I was told "This has to be done by next monday, I don't care how many hours it...

  • RE: The Death March

    Stefan Krzywicki (5/28/2010)


    Early in my career as a contractor I was told "This has to be done by next monday, I don't care how many hours it takes". I got...

  • RE: Would You Do Your Hobby for a Living

    I absolutely love Texas Hold'em Poker and I would love to do it full time, but I am just not that good to turn pro....yet! 😀

  • RE: Does the Job Matter To You?

    On 1 it is very essential to have a middle person who understands both dialects well who can be a good translator and is in on all conversations. On one...

  • RE: Does the Job Matter To You?

    Based on many years in the IT industry. Outsourcing to India has presented two main problems for us in IT in the past:

    1. Communication - This is partly due...

  • RE: The Death March

    I usually turn off when I hear "Work hard, play hard". 1) 'Work hard' usually means "We work 60-hour weeks" and I don't work 60-hour weeks, 2) 'Play Hard' either...

  • RE: The Death March

    OCTom (5/26/2010)


    TravisDBA ,

    It could very well be that they didn't care.

    They talked a good game, though. The way they presented themselves to the public made it look like they were...

  • RE: SQL Connections 2010

    I plan on attending this fall. Looking forward to it. My boss just went and he said it was absolutely fantastic.Will you be posting the speakers on SQLServerCentral once they...

  • RE: The Death March

    skjoldtc (5/25/2010)


    One place I worked had constant "death marches". I couldn't believe they thought it was good for their employees.

    They probably didn't care. 😀

  • RE: The Death March

    Work smarter, not harder, I say. At one of the places I worked they outsourced most of their web development to India and paid those people next to nothing and...

  • RE: Does the Job Matter To You?

    Dan.Humphries (5/21/2010)


    I don't disagree that government will and has interefered with the private sector but I am not paranoid enough yet to beleive that policy will affect the kind of...

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