Stefan Krzywicki (12/9/2010)
As a consultant I go on many interviews and see even more job listings. Most listings include quite a bit that isn't needed for the job or understood by the people looking for someone to fill the position. For example, most seem to think SSIS/SSAS/SSRS is all of a piece. Frequently they only need one of the three, ususally SSRS or SSIS, but they almost always ask for all 3.
I agree with this. One good example is there's still a LOT of hybrid jobs out there between developer/SSRS that ignore the SSAS engine completely. The reports run directly off the data warehouses. Not that that's a bad thing, but it's really two separate concentrations getting combined... and you're losing over half the fun of the SSRS/AS combination. 🙂
I had expected more folks to call me out on not discussing those 'hybrid' jobs, because it's rare a shop ever wants a 'pure' anything, and certainly doesn't advertise it if they think they can also fill in a few other 'holes' while they're at it.
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