Stress testing I've been involved with previously has always been flawed in that the target software/hardware performance is slowly and finally attained to the point the hardware is almost red-lining....

I've lost count the number of times a POC or demo set up becomes the production instance after sales and account managers realize they can just start billing clients straight...

The Saturday of SQLBits XIV in London was great, the first i've attended and still amazed that it's free. Considering the costs of booking courses through training companies per day,...

One way of learning I've found is to reach out and ask colleagues to shadow their work or when you know there are some specific activities planned. Example being a...

Rod at work (4/4/2016)

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Finally after 9 months, with my unemployment benefits having run out months before, the cupboard nearly bare, almost about to loose our own home, the only offer...

I moved from my home town to a city about 40 miles away to get a first step in the IT industry, with a plan to get 12 months experience...

TomThomson (4/3/2016)

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Right now, I wouldn't take on a job that didn't allow me to spend a lot of time with my wife, which would mean I had to be able...

And what's the company position on hangovers?

What day is payday?

fpmorrison (3/19/2016)

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CV is not a common business term. I have NEVER been asked for a "CV" in the past 40 years, but I have been asked for a "resume"...

GeorgeCopeland (2/29/2016)

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Some of the posters here appear to have never seen a system that was put together by people who didn't know what they were doing. Windows tools are easy...

I'm going to disagree with the general view here. How are people to get real world experience in the workplace without being allowed to have a go and learn from...

Gary Varga (2/22/2016)

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Given that there are even cloud sandboxes for most things now it does beg the question why anyone would not use cloud hosts. There are issues that may...

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I've met many people with a list of degrees and qualifications as long as your arm, who also have the common sense of a potato...