Nevyn (5/13/2014)

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Gary Varga (5/12/2014)

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Having seen the (terrible) level of knowledge that developers who think that they are experts in SQL Server have as well, I am little surprised at Jeff's frustration. It appears that the level to satisfy "just enough know-how" is far lower than it should be across the board. This must not be deemed acceptable so that we can raise the bar(s).

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Having experienced it myself, I will say one of the things with SQL Server and database work in general is that you actual have to increase your knowledge past a certain point before you even grasp how much you don't know.

As a result, a lot of those "just enough" people don't even realize how limited their knowledge is.

As an example, my abilities in SQL server are light years ahead of where I was a few years ago. But despite all that progress, I also have way more on my "to learn" list now than then. Because on many topics, I knew so little that I wasn't even aware of what the holes in my knowledge were, much less how deep those holes were.