tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9910550.post113674530182916717..comments2023-11-18T11:24:52.834-08:00Comments on Tales from the Den of Chaos: Plan AMother of Chaoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12176092618150502244noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9910550.post-1136860175574024172006-01-09T18:29:00.000-08:002006-01-09T18:29:00.000-08:00The license thing was interesting. I've never had ...The license thing was interesting. I've never had one for the freelance stuff I've done here at home, either. I had one when I owned my own business, but that was a business-business.<BR/><BR/>It had to do with the base of operations. If I'm doing the 1099 work at the client site, it was still considered a sole prop by the IRS, but untouched by local regulations. But when I start using my home Mother of Chaoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12176092618150502244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9910550.post-1136857171712553562006-01-09T17:39:00.000-08:002006-01-09T17:39:00.000-08:00What license? I never, ever, ever took a license ...What license? I never, ever, ever took a license to do 1099 work - never. It never even occurred to me. I have a business license now but that's because I have a partner with a place of business. I never go there but it does exist.<BR/><BR/>How would your city catch you operating without a license? Do you have city taxes out there? There isn't a thing on your federal or state taxes to Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9910550.post-1136830829119094102006-01-09T10:20:00.000-08:002006-01-09T10:20:00.000-08:00Oh yeah. If the DH is sick of the babysitting rout...Oh yeah. If the DH is sick of the babysitting routine, he might well LOVE to develop. Especially since you tend to move on to something completely different fairly often...so you don't get stuck in that lather-rinse-repeat cycle of "grant a permission, remove a permission, manually run the thing that somehow didn't run itself". <BR/><BR/>MAN, does that get OLD!!<BR/><BR/>Analyst work is fun, too;Mother of Chaoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12176092618150502244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9910550.post-1136830484681538382006-01-09T10:14:00.000-08:002006-01-09T10:14:00.000-08:00Thanks for the info! The reason I ask is that I'm ...Thanks for the info! The reason I ask is that I'm currently working on a project where I have to use Hibernate to interact with Oracle, and, well... I'm digging it. A lot. It's all in Java. My husband is a DBA, and he's sick of "babysitting a COTS product". He wants something more interesting and I thought maybe a database developer or analyst would suit him better.Very Herodotushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17099848123689535541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9910550.post-1136827950478428952006-01-09T09:32:00.000-08:002006-01-09T09:32:00.000-08:00The lines get kind of fuzzy, sometimes. A database...The lines get kind of fuzzy, sometimes. A database developer does mostly coding of new things; new databases, new views, new queries and reports, that kind of stuff. The administrator keeps what is already there running, grants permissions to users, “tunes” the database (just like your car, a database often needs its moving parts tweaked for optimum performance) and so forth. Sometimes an Mother of Chaoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12176092618150502244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9910550.post-1136826280938914322006-01-09T09:04:00.000-08:002006-01-09T09:04:00.000-08:00Does this mean you'll start planning for that new ...Does this mean you'll start planning for that new washer again?<BR/><BR/>:)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9910550.post-1136823194405413512006-01-09T08:13:00.000-08:002006-01-09T08:13:00.000-08:00Does a database developer write code? Are there DB...Does a database developer write code? Are there DB administration duties as well? <BR/><BR/>--TrudyVery Herodotushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17099848123689535541noreply@blogger.com