This is just another chapter in my forthcoming and growing book to be titled 'Do We Really Need To Do This Sh!t?'. Trouble is, I keep adding so many...

I say this after having been an IT manager for 11 years early in my 42 year IT career. A good manager will realize that the sheer fact that...

Andy Warren (12/29/2014)

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Jessica, I hope you enjoyed the discussion all the more after commenting! Thanks for reading and commenting.

All - thanks for your thoughts. I continue to try to sort...

"We have to write code in a particular way so the next programmer that has to work with it after we leave can make heads or tails of it."

Well, this...

Hope your easing into retirement is good for you. I'm in year 4 and I love it. Still PLAY with my computers daily, still design db's and write...

Back in the 1970's, I started up an IT department for a large food distributor who had only totally manual systems. We immediately went totally online and put the...

Gary Varga (8/16/2014)

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I think that often the requirement for Computing, Maths or, possibly, Science degree is because it shows an aptitude to the type of work you will encounter and...

djackson 22568 (8/15/2014)

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I would say that we need more of the right people, not more people. There are too many in technical positions that should not be, which hurts...

Andrew Kernodle (8/15/2014)

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skeleton567 (8/15/2014)

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Joe Garrick (8/15/2014)

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With long hours the norm, downward pressure on wages, most skills being all but useless once they're just a few years old, and more and...

Andrew Kernodle (8/15/2014)

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skeleton567 (8/15/2014)

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Joe Garrick (8/15/2014)

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With long hours the norm, downward pressure on wages, most skills being all but useless once they're just a few years old, and more and...

Joe Garrick (8/15/2014)

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With long hours the norm, downward pressure on wages, most skills being all but useless once they're just a few years old, and more and more work being...

I...

OK, I think we have really beat this one to death. Let's move on.

Replication, like so many other features, does need to be continuously updated and improved. I used replication also from version 6.5 to move custom pricing and billing data for...

The article makes a very good point that affects us all. My title is 'retired' DBA. Can I get a raise with that? I never really worried...