Look folks, we’ve been down this road before. Apparently some of you are still not getting the message because I continue to get some really, really awful DBA job descriptions. My post about a better job description for everyone was a cut and paste from a job description that had been sent to me five … Read more
I don’t care where you work, or what industry you work in, the IT department is subservient to the business side. Don’t believe me? Let’s look at the data. IT departments are outsourced to companies like IBM all the time. Ever hear stories about people who have worked for two or three companies and never left … Read more
I’m experimenting with Storify, so I decided to publish something there today and see how it would appear embedded in this blog. http://storify.com/SQLRockstar/incomprehensible-data
It sounded like thunder, but not thunder, at the same time. Something was different about this sound. Also the lack of a flash of lightning made me think that it was not a clap of thunder. Not at all. I had just built a fire in our fireplace, the first of the year. I went … Read more
Well, of course you feel that way, especially when all the data is yours for the taking, much like dinner on Thanksgiving.
Cojones. That’s about all I could think of when reading this article posted to Forbes.com. [UPDATE: The link at Forbes has been taken down, probably right after this response from Microsoft went live. You can find the original Forbes article in Google’s cache by clicking here.] It was written by Bob Evans who, as luck … Read more
