Graeme100 (5/11/2010)

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Being a Manager myself I take motivation and reward quite seriously and I don't just give rewards for people turning up for work...and it's those people I can't stand...and...

Graeme100 (5/11/2010)

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IAnother pet hate of mine is employees expecting pay rises (and I'm not talking about "cost of living" rises) and/or bonuses. I think if the manager is doing his...

Lynn Pettis (5/10/2010)

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Just can't do it. It's just too self-serving in my opinion to nominate myself. I'll admit, no one here at work knows about the Exceptional DBA...

Nope, stills shows the same acceptance rate for all 50 states. It is only correct for the first state. (AL).:-D

Good question Hugo! I like these kind of questions that really make us think about our conceptions/misconceptions of how things work in SQL Server due to things we have read...

Steve Jones - Editor (5/6/2010)

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One more tip: document what you teach, and have people let you know if they use something. This would be important for continuing funding, or further...

Right on Steve! Training always increases your employee's potential impact in the company, and if you ever start to think that one untrained individual employee is just too small to...

CirquedeSQLeil (5/3/2010)

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I agree with that. I also think another good comparison is that...

Great leaders always communicate well. One of the biggest problems I see in IT shops is lack of communication. When you got one or two people in an organization that...

Here is a bit of humor that, in my opinion pretty much says it. If a tree is full of monkeys and the top monkey looks down...

Exactly my point, if...

I also worked for a company that decided employees would write their own reviews. "Discuss your strength's and weaknesses". I was a little older and more distrustful of...

Steve, I agree with you absolutely, in the ideal world. Now,...

If you have to talk to a third party at your working place instead of being able to talk frankly with your boss about your career and where you want...

TDE is a great new feature, but so is backup compression and using TDE essentially nullifies the other out. Try both together and see for yourself, although this is not...