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By: Chris Adkin

Chris Adkin — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 20:20:00 +0000

Regarding post 1, its ironic that people are push the cloud and yet there are still a hell of a lot of people on mainframes, simply because they have critical apps running on them and people are scared to death of migrating away. A bit of a case of “Better the devil you know . . .”, but I do largely agree with the point

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By: sqlrockstar

sqlrockstar — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 13:29:58 +0000

In reply to Jonathan Kehayias.

JK-47,

Merry Christmas to you and your family as well. And thank you for your service to our Country.

Tom

By: Jonathan Kehayias

Jonathan Kehayias — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 05:17:17 +0000

Sorry, but you definitely lost me at point #5 because there really is such a thing as a work-life balance and any kind of decent manager would realize when you are failing to keep that balance. Paul is incredibly sensitive to this and ensures that anyone that works for him maintains an appropriate balance with things, which consequently makes him one of the best managers that I have ever worked for; and that isn’t just a bunch of fluff because he is my boss. Even my wife says that I have been happier and had more time for family and fun things since I joined SQLskills.

I also don’t follow any of that crap from #7 and keeping up with the Jones’s has never been a priority so you lost me there as well. For #9, the cloud is certainly out there, but it doesn’t fit every business need that exists, and despite what Microsoft would like for me to push, or what they continuously try to force me with there online sessions, the cloud simply doesn’t offer a sufficient use case for most corporate clients of mine, so it will continue to take a back burner to mainstream on premise work in my life. I’ve setup an built a number of cloud based solutions but based on the offerings provided by on-premise implementations it is still far from solving core business needs for major systems in my opinion.

Your point on #10 falls into #7 and is a good one. You should never look at others to determine your own success or standing in life. To do so is ridiculous. The point in #4 is a slippery slope because some of the things that we do that are unproductive, also make us what we are in life. For example, the work I do on the forums and #sqlhelp hash tag are at times incredibly unproductive from a business stand point and completely a waste of my time, but they do benefit the community overall. Just like #5 there is a balance that has to be stuck with this as well.

Overall, I think that #11 is the biggest take away from this post. There is no need to attack problems on your own in this day and age. There are a number of resources that are available to help you with resolving whatever issue you are facing, whether it is a personal, professional development, or technical problem, and there are tons of members of the community at large that are willing to help, even at the expense of wasting their own time possibly, to help you solve your problem.

Great post Tom, even though I don’t necessarily agree with all of your points.

If we don’t cross paths before hand, have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

By: Greg Low

Greg Low — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 02:58:50 +0000

Great stuff Tom. Especially #12

Have a good one,

Greg