Steve Jones - SSC Editor (7/30/2012)

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SQLPhil (7/30/2012)

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An interesting observation there Steve. Unfortunately I've seen too many examples where bad managers are promoted...

SGT_squeequal (7/30/2012)

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Having managed teams of variouse types for over 10 years I feel that to be a manager you but need to follow a few simple rules.

Never expect anyone do...

Count your blessings applies here, as although I have seen a lot of poor management, I have been fortunate to not have had that many bad managers, and none recently.

I...

Wrong that you are being optimistic would be a good thing.

Wrong that we are improving would be a bad...

Eric M Russell (7/23/2012)

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Regardless of that formal methodology is used for appraisals, I expect that most managers mentally "stack rank" the employees in their department anyhow. What we're talking about...

Steve, Ever the optimist! While I hope you are correct and that things are improving, I think what really matters is that we have done so poorly for...

Gary Jones (7/20/2012)

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As a techniucal hiring manager, I strive to hire only the best, the 1s. If I make a hiring mistake, and I have made a couple in...

As usual, this type of question has a number of levels that one could answer. Generally speaking we all work in companies where people fit different performance levels. ...

Michael Valentine Jones (7/19/2012)

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Why don't we just convert to a "metric" date system, like Julian date:

The Julian date for CE 2012 July 20 04:00:00.0 UT is JD 2456128.666667

It makes a...

Tao Klerks (7/19/2012)

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OK, I didn't understand the reference the first time,...

GSquared (7/19/2012)

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Mad Myche (7/18/2012)

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The correct answer is to store in UTC. Databases store data, and it's the job of whomever is getting the data to present in the correct format.

As...

Lynn Pettis (7/19/2012)

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jbnv (7/19/2012)

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Chris.C-977504 (7/19/2012)

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jbnv (7/19/2012)

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You don't...

paul.knibbs (7/19/2012)

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I'm pretty sure that farmers themselves don't give half a monkey's for DST--they structure their day around the rising and setting of the sun, and what direction the hour...

paul.knibbs (7/19/2012)

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Really? I'm surprised there were so many eco-nuts around in 1916,...

jbnv (7/18/2012)

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Wow. People can read so...