Posts made by s.hackleman

I am getting sucked into a massive project at work that is basically an internal SQL and Data user security audit and restructuring for the company. I can't say much more because ... rules. This whole world is a little new to me, and wanted to see if anyone here had some recommended reading on the fundamentals of MSSQL security or just good security policy in general. I know I have heard "Complexity is the enemy of security." Where do I go from there?

What I have seen is HR may place these rules on job openings. However I have never seen someone with skills and experience not have these rules bent if not broken if the manager wants to hire an individual. I think the only time this is ever an issue is entry level straight out of college jobs. Again, if someone would have just worked in the field for 4 years, they could probably get the HR rules broken if the manager really wanted to bring them on board.

In my opinion grit and hustle are the keys, not a piece of paper. Someone who is determined to succeeded will do so no matter if they went to college or not. Also, someone who has no drive will not, despite having the best education money can buy. I think this article sums up the pros and cons well. I went to a 4 year school, though a cheap local school. The doors having that piece of paper opened up made it pay for its self quickly. I didn't have the drive at 18 to do it on my own, and paying money made sure I shut up and listened, so it was good for me. However, if someone puts their nose to the books and is good, they will do just fine without a degree.

@thecreativeone91 said:

@s.hackleman said:

@thecreativeone91 So because something is not upgradeable it is not professional? I use my Macbook as a development system with multiple running VM's. I need the extra hardware and performance that "Guy McDudebro" would not. That is why I carry a Macbook Pro VS a standard Macbook. The entire point of the Mac Platform is to allow you to be more creative because hardware issues are minimized because of standardization and the removal of low end hardware. There is no cheap underperforming barely have enough specs to survive systems that I have to work around. I know that if I write something native, and it preforms on a spec device, it will preform on all devices in service. Lastly, yeah, Final Cut did go to crap, but I wasn't a fan before it did either.

How is a professional laptop, that only have 4GB of ram professional?

And yes, the Mac Pro is not a professional workstation anymore, it's a Mac Mini with better specs. Thunderbolt for everything. They essentially dropped support for films shot on the RED Cameras (and many other cameras) as you can no longer put the rendering engine in your computer.

1. The one I am using to type this has 16 GB 1600 MHz DDR3
2. You are trying to make an edge case a primary case.
3. I've gave my opinion, and I will not argue further. You are entitled to your opinion as well.

@thecreativeone91 So because something is not upgradeable it is not professional? I use my Macbook as a development system with multiple running VM's. I need the extra hardware and performance that "Guy McDudebro" would not. That is why I carry a Macbook Pro VS a standard Macbook. The entire point of the Mac Platform is to allow you to be more creative because hardware issues are minimized because of standardization and the removal of low end hardware. There is no cheap underperforming barely have enough specs to survive systems that I have to work around. I know that if I write something native, and it preforms on a spec device, it will preform on all devices in service. Lastly, yeah, Final Cut did go to crap, but I wasn't a fan before it did either.

@scottalanmiller said:

@s.hackleman said:

Let me get this helmet on, and a fire suit... Ok..

I have been really happy with my Macbook Pro...

Go ahead, let me have it.

I have one. Don't like it. Here are some of my concerns...

• It is slow. REALLY slow. Slower than several year old, 20% the cost HP laptops that I have.
• It's heavy. Way too heavy for a lot of travel.
• It's fragile. Bump anything and it dents. You have to seriously baby this thing.
• It overheats way too easily.
• The magnetic power cord can't hold itself in and if you don't set it up to be held in, it's own weight practically unplugs it.
• For an large laptop it lacks a lot of plugs that you would find handy to have.
• Crashes more than any other OS I've used since and including Windows XP. It seems to be equivalent to Windows 2000 in that regards.
• Battery life is really poor.
• Price

I can honestly say other than price, I haven't had any of those issues, and I have switched teams. I get at least 4-5 hours battery life. I have a Windows 7 Ult. VM with 2 processors, and a Ubuntu 14 VM with 1 running full time, and I haven't had to wait on processor or disc on my end once. Other than large software builds. More plugs would be nice, but it hasn't been a issue yet. I would suggest a Mac running VM fusion as a great development system. Sorry to hear you have been so unhappy with yours.

Let me get this helmet on, and a fire suit... Ok..

I have been really happy with my Macbook Pro...

Go ahead, let me have it.

Currently working on Code Complete by Steve McConnell. It is a little dated but great information on the basics of software development that are always relevant. Great read for anyone looking at doing any programing in any language.

@scottalanmiller I am just speaking from my soap box. My wife (and me on and off) have been in the television news industry for almost 15 years. Then last year I picked up a copy of "Trust me I'm lying" by Ryan Holiday. That describes how most online blogging and "news" media works and how he professionally manipulated it for the better part of a decade. I am saying that a strictly view/add funded news source is a disaster, so I applaud Apple on this one.

Right now bloggers are paid by creating content that gets views and draws comments to draw add revenue, not on content that is good or correct. I hope that this starts a shift to require people to pay a small fee for the content they want. This will create journalists that more accountable for their content and put out better content for their subscribers. This should help cut down on the "You will be angry when you see what this mom did...." garbage articles that flood the web now and we can get back to the golden age of journalism. Where people were more likely to trust the media that they are invested in receiving. I will step off my soap box now...

Is there a recording of the DevOps and Snowflakes session I can watch online?

I am still adjusting to the mac world and have been playing with productivity and utility software and stumbled across one I thought I would share with the rest of the community. It is called Alfred, and in short it is kinda like Spotlight on steroids. It lets you launch apps, search files, search within files, search (via popping a browser) Amazon, Gmail, and other websites. It is triggered by hitting option+spacebar. So far I like it.

http://www.alfredapp.com/

Does anyone else have any productivity or utility programs that they can't live without?

Story time! I learned this lesson a really hard way. Right after I graduated high school one of the largest companies in town was hiring for a C# developer and a Friend of mine was all ready working there. I thought I had it in the bag, the interview went great, I met with the director of the department. I just had one final piece, go home and spend less than an hour or two writing a program that did XY & Z. So I headed home, and started writing code. However I couldn't get my debugger to connect to my project. I tried all night, this was my first attempt at programming outside of a school environment, So I ended up having to write and debug a small project by double clicking the .exe and putting tons of message boxes in the code to pop up constantly with variable values to step through the entire project. The next day I emailed in an ugly buggy mess, and was turned down for the job.

The reason it was all a mess is my Windows User name had an ‘&’ in it, and it was messing up the directory to the project for Visual Studio and the debugger.

End the end, I ended up getting the same job 7 years later (2014) and the guy that interviewed me still works as a contractor around here. We have talked about it, and had a good laugh. I ended up getting staying at my old job, learned a ton and met all the people on here. It all worked out in the end.

Here is the other lesson to take away from this for the younger group on here. I never blamed my computer, Windows, God, life, or anyone else. It was my fault, I didn’t know it at the time, but I made the user name. I learned from it, I got better with my skills, and eventually another spot opened up around here, and I got it.

This should be a lesson in filtering what you post online in a public setting, not a reason to lock away certian parts of a site so you can post what you want. If you have a private question, use a private message. If you have a public question, change the names of people and businesses. If you want to rant and use real names, prepare for a valueable life lesson. This is about the only community on the internet I do post in reguallry, simply because the quality of the people, and information.

This thread was great. Not often on the internet you hear great advice, and somone willing to listen to it.

@scottalanmiller said:

Not cheap, I can buy a "real" house for less than that!

Many people build them themselves. If you take advatange of a local habbitat for humanity, you can build one for around $10k so long as you have the tools and the know how.

@thecreativeone91 said:

@s.hackleman Where do you live? many places keep making those "Tiny" house illegal. both with standards that would make them illegal and minimum square footage requirements.

I am in Missouri, however that is why they build them on wheels. They Qualify as RV's and do not fall under the minimum squarefootage laws.

@scottalanmiller check out http://www.tumbleweedhouses.com

@scottalanmiller said:

@s.hackleman said:

@scottalanmiller Well it would be a tiny off grid house. So I would be able to put a small solar panel on the roof, and be able to run lighting and cooking needs from the Tesla battery all day and night. Currently must people just use propane, but I would rather run electric only. I'm sure in 20 years when this goal could actully happen, the technology will be amazing.

I see. It's the solar that really makes the difference

Well when this is the size of house I want to live in, I am betting I could run quite a while on a 10KW battery.

@scottalanmiller Well it would be a tiny off grid house. So I would be able to put a small solar panel on the roof, and be able to run lighting and cooking needs from the Tesla battery all day and night. Currently must people just use propane, but I would rather run electric only. I'm sure in 20 years when this goal could actully happen, the technology will be amazing.