The End of 2015

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  • Thanks for all the opportunities for learning. It just seems the more I do learn, the more I realize how much I don't know. Here's hoping we all have a great new year. Now it's time to take a few days off and watch some football.

  • Maybe it's just me, but it seems this past year (and 2014 as well) there were a lot of existential discussions here on SQLServerCentral regarding our careers and the industry in general. It's not really been about conerns for the future, broadly speaking we all love our profession and are optimistic, but many of simply felt like moving on to something different within the same field. There were more than a handful of us, myself included, who changed jobs. So, I'd like to wish all of us here a Happy New Year and express my anticipation that 2016 will be full of new beginnings and prosperity.

    "Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Instead, seek what they sought." - Matsuo Basho

  • Sadly, what I'm not seeing companies embrace is the need for proper data architecture and administration. I laugh when I hear "data scientists" moan about how 80% of their time is spent trying to clean and understand the data. NOSQL doesn't mean no schema or no model and the rush to shove raw stuff into data lakes really just means we're throwing data analysis into a data dumpster. I've been battling the sloppy management of data for 40 years and understand how Don Quixote felt...

    There are no facts, only interpretations.
    Friedrich Nietzsche

  • Eric M Russell (12/31/2015)


    Maybe it's just me, but it seems this past year (and 2014 as well) there were a lot of existential discussions here on SQLServerCentral regarding our careers and the industry in general. It's not really been about conerns for the future, broadly speaking we all love our profession and are optimistic, but many of simply felt like moving on to something different within the same field. There were more than a handful of us, myself included, who changed jobs. So, I'd like to wish all of us here a Happy New Year and express my anticipation that 2016 will be full of new beginnings and prosperity.

    I'm one of those who had some pretty in-depth thoughts about my career during 2016. I'm also one of those who really enjoy my job and the company I work for, so no changes for me. I'm learning more about how things work under the hood, which is very cool. I hope to continue along this path in 2016.

    As for reflection on 2015, the "year of the data breach" has been going since 2014 and things are only getting bigger. Like the editorial said, companies just don't seem to invest in security until after they've been hacked. This is one thing I hope undergoes a major fundamental change in 2016, but if history is any guide, it won't.

    I hope everyone has a safe and happy new year and a prosperous 2016.

  • Seems like SQL Server in the cloud will really take off in 2016. I know we are going to begin our usage of it.. good, bad or indifferent.

    2016 will also see SQL Server 2005 come to an end of support from Microsoft as well and we only have 3 apps left on it and 2 of them will be upgraded and live by the end of February. The last one will be query only by mid 2nd quarter.

  • Unless my next rotation/contract is strictly SQL Server, the admin side other than the basics is on the back burner. Unfortunately the other technologies don't quite have the awesome community that I find here.

  • Currently I am relying on QotD and editorials to keep one toe in the SQL Server camp. It is just the way it is at the moment. Most disappointing...next I'll be booted out of here!!!

    Gaz

    -- Stop your grinnin' and drop your linen...they're everywhere!!!

  • barry.mcconnell (12/31/2015)


    Sadly, what I'm not seeing companies embrace is the need for proper data architecture and administration. I laugh when I hear "data scientists" moan about how 80% of their time is spent trying to clean and understand the data. NOSQL doesn't mean no schema or no model and the rush to shove raw stuff into data lakes really just means we're throwing data analysis into a data dumpster. I've been battling the sloppy management of data for 40 years and understand how Don Quixote felt...

    I haven't been at it as long as you but am also compelled to keep fighting the good fight. Hopefully I can maintain the cause as long as you or longer!

    Data Lakes are the new fad and while they have distinct advantages over other methods of data processing I am finding folks looking at it as a way to get around doing the necessary data analysis to get good results coming out the other side. Deferring the schema definition for incoming feeds until it is read is fine with me. It's the inclination to hook BI tools up directly to the Data Lake where it gets fun. I can hear the Data Quality and Governance folks out there moaning as I type this...

    There are no special teachers of virtue, because virtue is taught by the whole community.
    --Plato

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