Last week I made a sincere effort to help build some bridges. Since that post was published I have received many requests for a similar chart in the other direction: teaching a DBA on how to talk to a developer. Well, here it is. Enjoy!
In my effort to help build bridges between various groups inside of IT departments I decided to come up with a handy guide for developers to help them communicate better with their database administrators. At the very least I am hoping to reduce the number of times staplers are being thrown during a code review. … Read more
I remember the events now, almost ten years later, as if they were only yesterday. Congress and I had finally taken that trip to France and made our way down to a B&B located outside Avignon. Now Congress, being the diplomatic body that they are, were well versed in the French language and culture. I … Read more
