I would guess that the unpaid intern scenario got a foothold a few years ago, when college grads just could not get a job when they graduated, and their choice...

AndyK-565224 (6/6/2012)

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I would like to hear a SQL philosopher/historian explain how this situation came about. It seems such a violation of language orthogonality - lying in wait to create...

<quote>interning is a great idea and it gives you the chance to groom someone for your company. It's a chance for students to learn, do real work, and you to...

There are so many different facets to this issue. Part of the issue is that there seldom is a true "technical ladder" for advancement aside from the managerial...

Thanks for a very good question. I learned 2 new things today!

Awesome!

Thank you, Gail, for taking the time to write such a thorough, detailed article.

While I have a Kindle, with a variety of books both non-fiction and fiction, I have found it difficult to use for technical books, because not enough of the "page"...

Thank you for an interesting question. I have never tried to use the new spatial features, but this has piqued my interest.

Also interesting nuance about case-sensitive database collation as...

+1

cengland0 (1/31/2012)

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jay holovacs (1/31/2012)

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There has been research demonstrating that people tend to remember better when taking hand notes over keyboard notes. It appears that the kinesthetics of the motion...

I agree with several posters. I like to say, "Once I pick up the stick, I can't put it down until I've figure it out."

That said, these challenges do...

cengland0 (1/5/2012)

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I work for a large corporation and not everyone has internet access. How will those browsers get automatically updated?

In fact, even for those few associates that do have...

After an intensely busy 2011, in which I put in LONG hours for months, I want to regain some life balance. I haven't spent any time on my favorite...

Jeff Moden (12/26/2011)

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fahey.jonathan (12/26/2011)

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Please notice that the "Females" CTE has been used twice in the outer query, once to list the details and once to provide summary records by job...

Several good tidbits in here, including demonstrating how important code formatting is for readability.

Thanks for a good question.