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  • RE: The Real Scary DBAs

    d.lawson (9/8/2014)


    How does this happen in the first place? I good technical interview would surely sort the wheat from the chaff.

    Many non technical organisations need DBAs but have no technical...

  • RE: Production Subsets

    For very sensitive data I will test against subsets othewise I tend to test against the main data.

  • RE: Disconnecting Auditing

    If I was starting from a blank state with structures of organisations - I'd generally tend towards divisional setups with depending on the amount of work DBAs tied to individual...

  • RE: Frustration with Bad Design

    GoofyGuy (7/30/2014)


    djackson wrote:

    But that is how Nazi governments work. "We'll show those evil citizens not to mess with us!"

    It's definitely a slippery slope, Dave. I don't have the intelligence...

  • RE: Getting It Right First Time. Almost?

    Jeff Moden (8/5/2014)


    From my understanding, it's not actually free. It should be the Developer's Edition and each chair should have a license for it. In quantity, they can...

  • RE: Access Disdain

    Did write a small booking app for an outdoor centre. It has managed bookings to the tune of £250 000 in turnover. Very difficult to justify a budget beyond about...

  • RE: Access Disdain

    I personally like MS Access. Its sweet spot is definitely complicated internal systems with limited distribution and users but that covers a great deal of systems.

    I would prefer to...

  • RE: Never give up

    I must admit I like to give users an opportunity to attempt to solve their own problems as I see this as having several benefits..

    1)They quickly get a better appreciation...

  • RE: Paying It Forward

    Ouch exactly - there is a reason why open source is steadily gaining ground - the wisdom of the masses always out trumps individuals in the long term.

    If you can't...

  • RE: Cloud Skills

    My impression is that Microsoft does have internal divisions that fight each other for supremacy and at the moment the cloud is in the ascendancy. I think the vision within...

  • RE: All the People Smarter than Me - Editorial

    The act of both asking and answering questions is I think a really great way of stretching ourselves and reinforcing our knowledge.

    The wisdom of the masses generally means that someone...

  • RE: Kitchen Duty

    I do think the rules change a bit for numbers over three or four as its probably not good to have four or more drinks. But for two people they...

  • RE: Kitchen Duty

    I must admit consider it a bad character flaw if people don't take their round at the bar.

    Its a matter of pride and honour as much as anything else.

  • RE: Kitchen Duty

    First responsibility is to the tasks of my role.

    But I think I'm doing something wrong if I can't help out a bit in the office 15 minutes every week.

  • RE: IT and the Older Generation

    I think Gary is right on the mark with his comments.

    I would say that I think there is far greater diversity to software than automobiles.

    Recently automobile design really seems to...

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