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News and views from the people who make SAS a great place to work![“Any fool can make a rule …](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sascom/files/2012/12/Decisions2-702x336.jpg)
… and any fool will mind it”. ~ Henry David Thoreau. The EPA was in my neighborhood several weeks ago testing well water - never a good sign. It was determined that the subdivision just north and upstream of us had once been the site of a farm contaminated by
![Oh, the places you can go](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sascom/files/2017/01/SAS-Culture-1-702x336.png)
What I love most about my job is the travel. The blind guy gets around. (We're talking a lot.) And wherever he goes, I go. Sadly, Ed thinks that people are excited because he’s shown up. WRONG! I'm the rock star on this team.
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Recently, top executives from SAS gathered in Washington, DC with customers and other interested parties to discuss the potential impact of "big data" and high-performance analytics on the U.S. government. Topics included cyber-attack strategies, health care, bio-surveillance, border security and of course, fraud and improper payments. On the heels of
![Adventures in the Hadoop zoo](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sascom/files/2017/01/DataMgt-1-702x336.png)
For some odd reason, the open-source Apache Hadoop ecosystem consists of cleverly named components that seem to have escaped from the Central Park Zoo. You may be aware that the little yellow elephant named Hadoop was actually a stuffed toy that Doug Cutting’s son owned. (Doug is the co-creator of
![Trust is our operating system](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sascom/files/2012/11/GPTW2013_CircleArtWEB10-384x336.jpg)
My colleague Allison Lane posed this question in a blog post earlier today: What gives you a sense of awe at SAS? I hesitated to post an answer. I mean, who cares what somebody in public relations says? As an 18-year PR veteran here, I’m not exactly objective. But here’s
![I am in awe of this place](https://blogs.sas.com/content/sascom/files/2012/11/GPTW2013_CircleArtWEB13-384x336.jpg)
What gives you a sense of awe? Perhaps the birth of a child. A sunset. A space shuttle flight. Or maybe your colleagues. Your workplace. Your company’s leadership. Here at SAS, I am in awe every day. SAS is programmers and statisticians, yes. It’s also landscapers, painters, builders, marketers, chefs,