Keeping the project team on task is a critical management skill, some are better at it than others. When the project manager is attempting to focus the meeting, I try to...

I mostly do not care if people are jerks and I do not take rudeness personally. So long as competent people are solving problems, I don't much care how they act....

Intrinsic. When I retire, anyone looking at me won't be able to tell. I will still be working on my website and programming stuff.

I am seeing sockpuppets on this thread, have a great day everyone.

The latest version or summit is also the one that is being most scrutinized. Scrutiny can cause people to rate it higher. This is generally known as the Hawthorne effect, well...

What I think is important to note about the author's post is this: When you do your own mathematical manipulation of datetime data, you are probably--almost certainly--making a mistake. A...

Yeah that.

I think it is interesting to note how quickly the discussion between two DBAs went off-topic. DBAs by personality are detail oriented, which is a great thing for maintaining databases. However, this...

Great article. Instead of readability, I recommend maintainability. A system that works but can't be changed is a disaster. When I design a system, I try to focus on maintainability,...

This discussion is perennial and disheartening. DBA expertise is indispensable for successful development. Databases are worthless unless they are being served to clients. Contention between the two is the opposite...

You are confusing professional and ivory tower. They are not the same thing.