Version Control is a basic requirement of professional software development in this day and age.
You could try explaining to your CEO it would be like telling a carpenter they can't use a hammer to build your new house.
Or just take the initiative and use Version Control without telling them. In my mind it isn't something you need to ask permission for.
Not sure how that relates to Version Control? I personally don't put production (real) data on staging servers to begin with; always scrub your production clones or generate data for testing instances.
> If the data and application code are very intertwined (likely in a pre-SOA era), it can be very difficult to version control code completely isolated from PII.
Maybe I am naive (never had to work on DOS), but shouldn't the data be in a database/datastore/data directory that can be ignored by source control?
Easier than you'd think, or at least I could see it happening.
Yes, nail guns are awesome, but hammers are very useful tools.
Nail Guns are awesome. Pneumatic, butane/battery and powder actuated all have their place and were heavily used. Always had a hammer on my belt though.
In particular, it's hard to use a nail gun to fasten a plate, hanger or bracket.