Craig Farrell (12/9/2010)

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SQL Server Youngling (12/9/2010)

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Great article!

"can estimate time and personal expectations well, ..."

Should this perhaps be:

"can estimate time and personnel expectations well,..."?

Thank you. 🙂

No, I had meant it as personal. The personnel part would come into play for the other senior position, the team lead. A high end technical guru is not necessarily the person you want as the lead for others. They know their own business very well, though, and can handle all of the tasks being dropped on *their* plates.

Just to emphasize this: The ability to know which histogram to pull up for getting the proper statistics for a leading edge on an index while simultaneously balancing temp table statistics vs. table variable shortcuts is a deep knowledge skill. They also have a rough idea of how long it will take and what the real priority is to the server and project they're working on.

It doesn't mean they have a *clue* with what to do about a gold-bricking employee in need of inspiration, someone needing significant and patient mentoring, or project management skills such as keeping happy the person who's task is important to those 3 ppl in their department who have to wait on 4 company wide projects first. There is a very significant difference between a Senior in knowledge, and a Senior from a team perspective. Perhaps I needed to emphasize this more. I'll know for next time. 🙂

Thank you for that feedback, as well.