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  • RE: The Consistency Debate

    The classic scenario is when two people are editing the same record. This is known to be a common but infrequent scenario in most systems. This is less likely in...

  • RE: Great Developers

    Jeff Moden (3/12/2012)


    Gary Varga (3/12/2012)


    Give an interviewee enough rope and they will hang themselves 😉

    Heh... "It Depends". I normally spend most of my time in an interview interviewing the...

  • RE: Great Developers

    Give an interviewee enough rope and they will hang themselves 😉

  • RE: Great Developers

    TravisDBA (3/12/2012)


    Rob Nickolaus-860201 (3/12/2012)


    I would agree that I don't need an egotistical developer on the team. However, that is different than a great developer. A truly great developer does several...

  • RE: Great Developers

    A more important point is that removing 1 bad programmer is worth gaining 100.

    Removal, of course, can be through an individuals change of practices and implementation through mentoring and training.

  • RE: Great Developers

    As with most open discussions, it appears that the definition is debatable. Personally, I believe that there are a few traits that are essential for a developer being above average:

    Soft...

  • RE: Old, but stable

    andrew.armitage 40391 (3/9/2012)


    I work for a national media company in the UK. We use SQL 2000 for ETL of sales data, and DTS to generate daily reports, directly from which...

  • RE: Old, but stable

    I come across the occasional client that does. I am sometimes surprised at what business processes are being run on unsupported OSs, server applications and desktop applications developed and maintained...

  • RE: Data Gravity

    Hold on a second. All these business moves will require IT artefact administration and more location aware software. I think that this is good news for you DBAs and us...

  • RE: Powershell deployment to Production

    I think you need to specify a little more before anyone could give specific suggestions and/or advice.

  • RE: Data Gravity

    I wouldn't be surprised if it becomes legally relevant where the data is administered from if it isn't already.

  • RE: Going Solo

    SQLBill (2/20/2012)


    The one big issue with 'going solo' is that you are the employer - you have to provide your own benefits. Health coverage doesn't come inexpensively. Paid...

  • RE: Too Tired to Work Smart

    I recently said that I was too tired to continue during a project planning meeting stating that my input at this point would be flawed. It was a pretty informal...

  • RE: Old Dog, New Tricks

    Rod at work (2/14/2012)


    jcb (2/14/2012)


    Jeff Moden (2/13/2012)


    ...

    Heh... even without that bit of nightmarish code, I still find the same to be true... "sad bugs" and "bad coding".

    Sure, someday I ill...

  • RE: Going Solo

    Question Guy (2/13/2012)


    ...With that said, companies appear to have no problem paying other companies $100 - $200/hr for consulting work, but seem to have less interest in a solo person.

    Always...

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