You would think a lesson as simple as "always tell the truth", something that parents teach their children from an early age, wouldn't be such an issue in adulthood. But of course it is for some. I've wanted to write this post for a while, and with the recent media reports about US Olympic Swimmer Ryan Lochte …

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This month's T-SQL Tuesday (the 54th!) is brought to us by Boris Hristov (@BorisHristov), and he's asking us to write about interviews and hiring. I think many of us have at least one tale of an interview or interaction with a recruiter that's gone good, bad, or ugly. I know I've got plenty of them, two of which I've …

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There was an interesting debate on Twitter the other day over whether or not it's important for an interviewee to know what a company does, or if they should just know whatever technology the job description calls for and nothing else. Jen McCown blogged about it in detail and included a lot of comments. There are …

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