>>Another best practice could (also) be any behavior that forcloses the risk of living in a van down by the river:-) (my favorite)
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>After reading the headlines on the log-in page, then I guess this means that you should NOT consider working as a freelance database engineer then. (Can we call them that anymore ??)
But I do - I do - We call ourselves application designers. IT guys call us other names. They hate seeing us come through the door. No respect for departmental heiarchies. No respect for tenure. No respect for their help desk. Long hours - no week-ends off - But at least we've never memorized the menu in building's basement autoserve buffet:-). Now thats progress!