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  • Reply To: Surrender, Just a Little

    Grant Fritchey wrote:

    When the business overrides you, there really isn't much you can do. Education is key. However, I'm still very much on the side of being part of the team...

  • Reply To: Surrender, Just a Little

    Oogibah, tough situation. I usually try to keep my advice positive. Unfortunately, my experience makes me pessimistic about the business viability of your company.

  • Reply To: Surrender, Just a Little

    Chris Harshman wrote:

    I don't think it's as much an attitude issue as it is a domain knowledge issue.

    Maybe you are right but I think there is also a cultural issue. A...

  • Reply To: Surrender, Just a Little

    I am not at all surprised to find a DBA love-fest going on in here. As usual, The Universe Will Be Saved From Stupidity If You Idiots Will Just Shut...

  • Reply To: On Looking and Acting the Part

    I think that "vengeful Jehovah" is the perfect demeanor for a DBA.

  • Reply To: 2019 SSIS PackageFormatVersion?

    PackageFormatVersion is still 8, thank you very kindly. I agree that deprecation of the native client is interesting. For production applications, I recommend of course complying with the recommended upgrade....

  • Reply To: It Just Works

    What I don't agree with is your enthusiasm for implementing Access apps. Any "genius" that you see in Access is confined to the workstation. I can completely understand how an...

  • Reply To: It Just Works

    Hi Jeff, I don't like to dispute what you are saying. Microsoft Access is a module in the Office suite of products. Office is an individual productivity tool designed for...

  • Reply To: It Just Works

    Roger, the features you describe are not unique to Access, they are features of any Windows fat client. Users prefer fat client software because it is more user friendly. I...

  • Reply To: It Just Works

    I have found that one of the tricks to selling the org on DevOps or Agile in general is to point out to all of the BAs and PMs that...

  • Reply To: It Just Works

    I have never done any development on Access, but I have sure been called to consult for a lot of Access applications. On many occasions, I have had the unfortunate...

  • Reply To: Micro Credentials

    Rod, about Sandia, there are some entities that are culturally oriented to credentials. I work in healthcare which can't help but be credential oriented because of doctors. About learning new...

  • Reply To: Micro Credentials

    If you decide that you need to study a technology, I think that it would probably be worthwhile to go ahead and get certified in it. I recently took the...

  • Reply To: A Different View of Technical Debt

    No Grant, you are wrong, and please don't tell people that it is ok not to upgrade. The longer an upgrade is put off, the more it is going to...

  • Reply To: IT Staffer Fired

    I know who I would fire, and it wouldn't be Suzie in accounting.

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