Hi,

Thanks for the reply. It's useful advice. I got the impresssion that I would benefit from the extra confidence in my abilities that you mention, if I specialized. I like the idea of knowing a subject in depth and SQL Server is such a 'broad church' I can really see the advantage of this.

'Better pay' and 'happier in your work' also seem like massive benefits. I'm willing to put the effort and study in. One hurdle I might have is the work available in my environment, unless I specialize in what is mainly needed here. Which is SSRS and development work and data warehousing skills (ETL, design, etc.)

Do you think it's possible/desirable to be a specialist in 'a few' fields i.e. data warehousing/SSRS/SSIS? I suppose it's a yes as long as you put the time and effort in?

Dave