I’m presenting at the PASS Summit!
I am fortunate enough to have been selected to give a presentation at the PASS Summit 2013 in Charlotte, NC on October...
2013-05-23
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James Serra's Blog
Consulting company: Perm/Salaried vs 1099/W2
One of my pet peeves is seeing a top-notch BI architect/developer working as a salaried/perm employee of a consulting company...
2013-05-21
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When the person you hire is not the person you hire
This is something I just heard about recently, but then experienced it for myself.
This story was told to me: A...
2013-05-16
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Should placement companies use a markup %?
To expand on what I talked about in Should a placement firm tell you what they are billing the client?:...
2013-05-14
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Data cleansing in SSIS, DQS, and MDS
Data cleansing can be done via SSIS as well as Data Quality Services (DQS) and Master Data Services (MDS). The...
2013-05-09
2,679 reads
Billing rates – other side of the fence, part 2
Here is another response to my blog “Should a placement firm tell you what they are billing the client?” (the...
2013-05-07
1,122 reads
Want me to do a presentation?
I greatly enjoy doing presentations on a variety of topics, such as Business Intelligence, SQL Server, and personal development. If you...
2013-05-02
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Enhance your career by blogging!
When I started my blog two years ago, I never would have thought how much it would help my career. I...
2013-04-30
2,851 reads
Consultants – Why pay more?
As an independent consultant who has a higher bill rate than average, I would hope it is obvious to clients that the...
2013-04-25
1,425 reads
Industry Expert Interview
I don’t know if I would consider myself an industry expert, but hey, it says it on the Internet, so...
2013-04-23
1,015 reads
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T-SQL Tuesday #204 – Are blogs still relevant?
By DesertDBA
Note: This post is the invitation for T-SQL Tuesday #204 on November 3rd, 2026....
A Front Door for the DBA Team – AgentDBA UI
By Arun Sirpal
AgentDBA began as a command line. That suits one DBA on one server, but...
Cleaning Up Azure MS Defender Billing
By Steve Jones
I have a few Azure subscriptions, which are fairly small and not used that...
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