Daily Coping 14 Sep 2022

Today’s coping tip is to give yourself permission to say ‘no’. This is my default, and it was something I consciously made a decision to do over a decade...

The Migration Tool to Use II

To Which Experts Should You Listen?

Many experts that speak to at events are working for vendors. Steve notes that this might mean they are making sales pitches, not not always.

Daily Coping 13 Sep 2022

Today’s coping tip is to focus on the basics today, eat healthy food, drink water, get exercise. I’m trying to make all of these a lifestyle change. In January,...

T-SQL Tuesday #154–Thinking about SQL Server 2022

This month is an interesting T-SQL Tuesday party, as Glenn Berry hosts and asks us to think about the upcoming new release of SQL Server. Sometime later this year,...

Daily Coping 12 Sep 2022

Today’s coping tip is to forgive yourself when things go wrong. A theme of being better to myself, starting with last Thur and Fri. What’s gone wrong for me?...

Regenerating the Master Key

The Challenge of Early Tech Decisions

We often live with our early decisions on technology, which can be a challenge over time.

Daily Coping 9 Sep 2022

Today’s coping tip is to let go of self-criticism and speak to yourself kindly. This tip follows on nicely from yesterday’s tip, just the other side of that one....

Fixing Impostor Syndrome

Lessons on impostor syndrome from a marketer apply to technologists as well.