Like the saying goes: "Culture eats strategy for breakfast" and this needs to have the kind a passion behind it that management typically has for 'customer service' and other general...

David.Poole (2/4/2016)

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I've been a manager for around 2years. Realising that my staff are more technically competent is a painful experience but my staff value me for fighting their...

TomThomson (2/4/2016)

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Eric M Russell (2/4/2016)

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Some good ideas (like open source software, open IT floor plans, and telecommuting) come out of startups and are adopted by the larger corporate establishment. However,...

IMO and experience, weak management has usually been the biggest problem in IT, no matter the size of the organization. Like you said, losing the factory mentality is critical and...

It pays to do a little looking around for yourself. I found out the recruiting firm was charging the company I worked for about $170K annualized. Yes $170K. I certainly...

I think we're alchemists (most of us anyway) in terms of where we are in the profession's evolutionary development. Others in this thread have astutely pointed out that we are...

Hah! Great topic: Budgets. Looking back, I think of all those stories of music artists lamenting that they didn't have any business education before they signed that contract. I believe...

robert.sterbal 56890 (10/27/2015)

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ITIL: The Information Technology Infrastructure Library. Most DBA out there have heard of ITIL;

I'm not sure this concept is ready to be referred to as an acronym.

Having...

You are so right. Paul Randall was sharing some DR experiences he has been involved with last year in one of 'SQL Skills' DR and HA classes and it was...

Databases are eternal in my experience. The sun will burn out before most businesses will let go of a database. Migration? Maybe... if they are forced to. We had over...

Well, I.T. hijacked and cheapened the 'Engineer' moniker a long time ago so why not 'Scientist'? Most of the I.T. "Engineers" I've worked in the past are no more engineers...

I had a similar experience a few years ago where (after much gnashing of teeth and tunic tearing) I decided to leave. The problem was mostly cultural and I didn't...

This is good stuff. Thanks for sharing. I found 'Lessons Learned' particularly confirming. Especially number 1:

1.)Build an architecture that takes advantage of the special nature of your application. Playfish has...

I don't suppose we have someone on the boards who works in the online gaming industry? Specifically the MMORPG or the like? My information is pretty old and limited but...

I'd be careful with the whole 'If it ain't broke...' mantra. While I generally agree with the sentiment, I've seen that 'wisdom' have the opposite intended effect. You have...