I once heard that an executive had all of the empty chairs removed once the meeting had started (on time), so anyone who was late had to stand. I like...

When ever I am working with a new project at a new client, I always make an effort to know who are the staff that like to 'play' with...

its only a matter of time before someone adds in these gems into the compiler.

Not surprising, coders have a love/hate relationship with databases. I liken it to developing a print in the darkroom (OK, pre-digital). The overall steps were easy, you could teach...

Management's job is to keep their costs as low as possible, since they manage to a budget. IMHO, it would work better if the sports model was followed, where...

Always liked what Tim O’Reilly has done for technology. But what I like most is that he has been driven to do what he sees as the right thing. If...

Great line:

"The only reason coders' computers work better than non-coders' computers is coders know computers are schizophrenic little children with auto-immune diseases and we don't beat them when they're bad."

Jennifer Levy (5/13/2014)

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Computer science degree from a liberal arts school here. Our major started with programming, the "weed-out" course (Assembly Language) was a 200-level one, as were the hard...

ROFL 🙂

As for the article, the reference to the Oracle DBA was interesting. Every Oracle person I have met seems to suffer from an inferiority complex. When I mention I focus...

I look at all of these as tools. And as a mechanic, a new tools may work in specialized ways, but I do not get rid of all my...

In my experience, a good leader/manager passes/acknowledges success to the team/staff. Failure stops with the manager. The managers job is to manage the resources so a project will succeed.

Sadly,...

The sports analogy is dead on. Yet, despite all the of obsession with sports in business, the part about how to manage a sports team falls on deaf ears....

Clustering SQL Server first requires a clustered OS. And that has IMHO, been the missing element to setting up a clustered SQL Server. either limitations in windows or the...

I find, that like most things, it is not the tools, it is how they are used.

A good mechanic with basic tools can do great things, while someone with less...