I've cleaned toilets as president of the company and cleaned toilets as an employee.

I've developed as president of the company and developed as an employee.

As president I want someone that...

Having recently received my fourth version of non-working customized code from a vendor I was beginning to believe that all testing was considered too "old school" to even waste time...

sburcombe (5/13/2010)

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The forums are not the be-all and end-all, they're a last resort. ... When I post a question, I'm looking for a collaborator,...

Spot on!.

My favorite personal experience for my days as a consultant was the 15 year old kid that wanted me to rebuild his mothers operating system in the...

I vote for SP's on a regular basis. My gut instincts tell me that cherry picking CUs is going to cause me problems at some point.

I disagree. The real root of the problem is most people haven't got...

One other thing, if a company or executive makes a promise they should carry through.

I'm still owed a trip to Disneyworld that an owner promised me in writing then later...

I knew one startup business owner who made it a point of standing at the door at quiting time on Friday afternoon and personally thanking each employee for the work...

Grant Fritchey (4/14/2010)

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Personally, I'm trying very hard to not be one of those people. I've got twenty+ years in IT and I hope that they are 20 distinct years as...

blandry (3/11/2010)

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I think what is needed here, and in the entire technical writing arena in general, are basic writing skills such as knowing your audience, addressing your audience, and providing...

Perhaps we need "sobriety testers" on our Keyboards simliar to the ones some states require habitual DUIers to install in their cars.

Better yet, how about "cognitive apability testers" for both...

Most test environments are out of date or not suitable for reporting for various reasons.

I'm happy to use...

Here's my experience.

Originally I used MS Access to create ad hoc queries against a production server. However, IT wants everyone to use their "SQL query Tool.".

A job string in Access...

Definitely UTC.

With internet activity, trade partners and corporate divisions around the world it is the only thing that makes sense.

Personally I am for the whole world converting to...

Disclaimer: This is my experience as developer, not as a DBA.

I'm a fan of mirroring, but so far my experience with log shipping for any purpose other than backup/recovery leaves...