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  • RE: Do You Want a Meritocracy at Work?

    I would like to be paid based on my ability to deliver value to my clients. Football is a business. Players are paid based on their...

  • RE: When Windows don’t provide illumination

    MS has done a fine job of getting in the way of writing concise SQL statements. ADO.NET Entity Framework is a very dangerous technology in the hands of developers...

  • RE: Does Connect Work?

    Steve can you post this for adam?

  • RE: The Speed of Azure

    Anything that can go quickly into Azure will go in forever. It's a numbers game that most organizations will gladly be happy to win. The writing is on...

  • RE: Helping MS Help Us

    Steve this is absolutely a great idea. I would love to see create and replace added. The RedGate sponsored sites would be AWESOME places to get some real...

  • RE: What Counts for a DBA: Amnesia

    Bravo Louis!

    I will share this with my team. I currently practice a valuable piece of information you gave me years ago. You said don't design based on how...

  • RE: Walk on the Wild Side

    Production administrators are the best. It is my preference to sit with them in order to know specifically how an application behaves or what the real inpact would be...

  • RE: Write Better Code

    When designing a system I go out of my way to keep stored procedures in use and database credentials secure. The software expects to get an environment variable and...

  • RE: Learn in the Margins

    Excellent article! The better part of the last 10 years of my life have been spent lerning in the margins. I have encouraged others to do the same....

  • RE: Programmers v Salespeople

    The only person who will pay you what you are worth is you. There is a cost associated with everything in business. My advice to anyone seeking a...

  • RE: Programmers v Salespeople

    cengland0 (2/19/2012)


    emmchild (2/19/2012)


    Internal operations are a cost center. The business view of cost centers is that this functionality can be out sourced.

    I have to respectfully disagree. Developers for...

  • RE: Putting JSON on an equal footing to XML

    The book you mentioned cites "Create SOAP endpoints for use in web services applications" like that is a good idea. XML based soap endpoints cause so much pain for enterprise...

  • RE: Putting JSON on an equal footing to XML

    I agree 100%. Look at fastjson. It's better than anything Microsoft has for object serialization. I cringe every time someone mentions XML and SQL Server in the same...

  • RE: Programmers v Salespeople

    I think very highly of ssc and red gate. The services and products are so good they sell themselves. There is a massive amount of sales and marketing...

  • RE: Programmers v Salespeople

    cengland0 (2/19/2012)


    Dalkeith (2/19/2012)


    Cengland

    In an ideal world yes they would.

    Too often a developer in a non developer organisation will be totally undervalued. It is likely he will have different qualifications and...

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