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Comment on It’s Easy to Trash Your Reputation by Noel McKinney

Noel McKinney — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 19:50:43 +0000

Hi Justin, it’s a self-employed situation, so nothing to do with altered routes or pay raises. You’re correct that time will tell, but people in the area where this happened have long memories. I guess what stuck in my mind was that nobody brought up the good things he’d done over the years.

Comment on It’s Easy to Trash Your Reputation by Justin Dearing

Justin Dearing — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 16:16:38 +0000

Noel,

If the guy retired, perhaps he simply doesn’t care about his reputation. It seems a little extreme of an action, and I assume something else is at play there. Did he get less envelopes at Christmas this year? Was his route altered? Was a pay raise voted down?

Also, only time will tell as to what his final reputation is. People might forget about a week without garbage pickup, especially if its to cold for the garbage to smell.

Comment on T-SQL Tuesday #022 – Data Presentation by Chuck Rummel

Chuck Rummel — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 03:46:20 +0000

It’s definitely a delicate situation when new higher ups start asking (or demanding) things without knowing the whole story. The longer I’m at my current position the more I feel like I’m giving history lessons to new hires. What feels worse is occasionally when I’m trying to explain something and I realize, as I’m doing so, that it’s starting to sound like an excuse instead of a reason.

But I feel it’s always good to verify someone understands the impact of what they’re asking for – in your case the “how do we put the zeros back for the next guy” would have been the clincher for me. Maybe I would have proposed a db “enhancement” to have them query a view that did the trimming while leaving the original data untouched.

Comment on T-SQL Tuesday #022 – Data Presentation by Matt Velic

Matt Velic — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 02:39:57 +0000

Man, oh, man. I’ve had this boss too. Honestly, I always want to teach why things are the way they are too, but sometimes it just doesn’t matter…

Comment on T-SQL Tuesday #022 – Data Presentation by Noel McKinney

Noel McKinney — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 02:26:34 +0000

Thanks John, I can’t hear the word “mauve” without thinking of that cartoon!

Comment on T-SQL Tuesday #022 – Data Presentation by John Halunen

John Halunen — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 16:23:52 +0000

Mauve, definitely mauve. Nice post Noel.

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Comment on SQLCruise Book Review Number 1 by Noel McKinney

Noel McKinney — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 01:09:29 +0000

Thanks Neil, the SQLCruise folks are an amazing crowd. I’m surrounded by inspiring people daily and just try to keep from falling too far behind!

Comment on SQLCruise Book Review Number 1 by Noel McKinney

Noel McKinney — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 01:04:10 +0000

Yep, but I’m not going to beat this one

Comment on SQLCruise Book Review Number 1 by Noel McKinney

Noel McKinney — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 01:03:45 +0000

Thanks Claire! However, with a little imagination, you could think of a more exciting technology job. Perhaps something involving lasers. And spaceships. And sharks.