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  • RE: The DBA Office

    A room with a door I can shut, preferably with soundproof walls so other people don't complain about my screaming or loud music.

    And so I don't have to listen to...

  • RE: Early Software

    Two things.

    1. I got sick of people thinking I was stupid just because I was an admin clerk in the USAF.

    ...

  • RE: The Knowledge Graph

    Does Google, Twitter, Facebook, or any company ever discuss internally the consequences on society if their "latest, greatest, most wonderful" technology is taken to it's "logical extreme" by: (1) Criminals,...

  • RE: From Hairdresser to DBA – How to start a career in IT

    Great article. I'm giving a copy to my high school senior. Hope he never forgets that it's "Never to late to start all over again."

  • RE: Technology Guilt

    I never claimed it was a zero sum game. But when you look at the claim about "needs", the poster's argument is clearly inconsistent. He wants the poor...

  • RE: Technology Guilt

    Cade Roux (6/15/2012)Degrees aren't for everyone, but for those who get them, they should be worth something.

    My point exactly. Many people are not "best served" by trying to force...

  • RE: Technology Guilt

    Chris.C-977504 (6/15/2012)


    It's a shame that some posters seem to be on the 'hate the rich/managers/etc' political position, because this is actually a good question that we should think about.

    Excellent point....

  • RE: Technology Guilt

    Technologic changes may have nothing to do with a recent college graduates inability to find a job.

    My daughter planned to get her degree in forensics. Third year...

  • RE: Accept Failure

    Sometimes unexpected success can be more demoralizing than failure. I lost all desire to develop many years ago when I wrote a 200+ line Dibol program that worked perfectly...

  • RE: The Apprentice

    syen (9/9/2011)


    ...Whatever the reason, ideal job candidates come out of higher education with the ability to learn how to learn (quickly). Those making it through a MS or PHD...

  • RE: The Apprentice

    I was trained by the military as a programmer 33+ years ago so I guess you could say I had vocational training.

    About 20 years ago I got my degree in...

  • RE: Leave Developers Alone

    I had one like that. He finallly quit when I made a point of putting my feet up on the desk and asking him a number of totally unrelated...

  • RE: Leave Developers Alone

    Jeff Moden (7/25/2011)[hr...Sure, I agree that everyone needs a break here and again during the day, but not hours-long breaks.

    I think there's a big difference between a "break" and a...

  • RE: Cascading Human Error

    brdudley (5/3/2011)


    The past 30 or 40 years of IT has been a cycle of centralzing, then distributing computing. We keep trying to balance costs and control against agility and responsiveness....

  • RE: Less Pay, More Convenience

    When I first became self-employed many years I quickly found out work from home didn't work for me.

    My family assumed if I was home I was "fair game" for the...

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