L' Eomot Inversé (9/26/2013)

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Really? That's unusual. I never wrote on punch cards or on paper tape,...

I haven't invested any time in Powershell yet. So far I haven't run into a situation where Powershell could solve a problem that I couldn't solve with a VBScript.

Back...

I wrote my first program on punch cards in the late 1970's. Today I do .NET development, SQL development, and...

simon.crick (9/11/2013)

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... However... you still have to decide which candidate to hire for the probationary period, and it is still 6 months wasted if you get the decision wrong.

Therefore, you...

I think we have enough evidence now to support the fact that there are very highly skilled individuals who have been extremely successful over a long and distinguished career and...

The MCM certification may not be gone forever depending on how this quote from Tim Sneath can be interpreted.

"... Microsoft has decided to take a pause from offering the program,...

Steven.Howes (9/6/2013)

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8 out of 10? really? That's insane. I can't believe that many people would try to cheat and screw their employers by taking a job that...

Are the very best at...

Grant Fritchey (9/5/2013)

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... Add to that the number of people I do know who passed the MCM that I respect because of already demonstrated knowledge, and that test & cert...

I'm not sure if there is a better place to suggest this but this discussion sounds like a good topic for a survey.

Survey Suggestion:

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How important are certifications to a successful...

TravisDBA (9/4/2013)

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Spot on. This has always been my major bone of contention with these exams. They are just too easy to illegitimately compromise by using braindumps, etc. As long as...

I've been in the IT field for more than a quarter of a century and I decided early on that I would not put any effort into certifications. My...

Hugo Kornelis (8/23/2013)

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I've had to work with counters that corresponded to C# zero-based arrays. So "3" represents four elements, and if you combine two of those arrays, you have "7"...

That's ok Hugo. I don't mind if you disagree because that was a very entertaining story. :laugh:

But apparently whoever added the new CONCAT function to SQL Server 2012 is in...

Thanks Hugo. I'm glad to see that my practical use of NULL is the same as the ANSI standard.

Apparently, there are some bright minds out there who are in...