Gary, the interesting part for me is that people ask a developer "what are you working on?" and they ask me "what do you do?". Both are about getting to...

Apologies on that!

Tried rebuilding the clustered index? I wonder if you're hitting a limit due to previous table/column changes.

I was just thinking this would make a pretty good TV type game show. QOTD Olympics? QOTD Survivor? Hard enough without time pressure:-)

Glad you all enjoyed the question. I like to mix it up now and then on the complexity scale, and yes, some of the answers were fairly comical:-)

I think there...

Magnus, I'll send a note to have the question updated about ESCAPE_SQUOTE. Can't believe I missed that.

Nicely written Phil!

I remind new consultants/employees that there is typically an urge to "do something" fast to prove worthiness. Gathering knowledge is "doing something". Better to take some time, understand...

Learning, then a pause, then revisiting has been a common pattern for me (though I hadn't thought about it until you wrote the editorial!). Maybe it's two patterns. One is...

Hugo, is there really a difference? In both cases its clearly something unusual being done and I'd argue in both cases a "why" comment would be appropriate.

Lynn, it by Plugable, see http://www.amazon.com/Plugable-UD-3900-Universal-Docking-Ethernet/dp/B00ECDM78E/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1460034655&sr=8-1&keywords=plugable+usb+3.0+dock. About $90. I'm using their two port USB switch in front of it, kinda KVM'ish.

Seems to work fine. Only issue I...

Lynn, I just moved to 27" monitors at home. Monoprice has had them for $250 (2560x1440). Seems solid so far. I use a USB dock so that I don't have...

I like having the option to work at home some of the time. It does let me work around appointments, avoid heavy traffic days, etc. Wouldn't want to do it...

Is it just a first world question? I get that if you're not working, all options are on the table, and the same if you can make a decent change...

Gary, I wonder what percentage are really "graduates" (vs independent learners) and of those graduates, of what kind of courses they took? I think a part of the problem is...

We host a "Student to IT Pro" seminar for college students here in Orlando once a year. It's easy to forget that from the outside of IT it all looks...