Investing in Another's Career
Would you invest in someone else's career? An actual investment? Would you sell shares in yourself? Steve talks about this today.
2022-11-28
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Career Growth
The Challenge of New Platforms
As our organizations grow, they may add new data stores. That might not be the best decision for staff as the amount of knowledge they need grows. Steve notes that you might seek to limit the number of technologies you support.
2022-11-21
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Challenging Yourself
Steve is challenging himself to do better, which means he might not hit his goals.
2022-11-18
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Losing Skills Because of Automation
When I was younger, it seemed that everyone I worked with in technology knew how to build a computer. Most knew how to work with a BIOS, were comfortable with command lines, and could assemble complex compiler directives into a Make file. Over time, it seems many people, especially Windows and MacOS users, became focused […]
2022-11-11
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Life Organization
For years, those of us in technology have often worked outside of the core working hours for the rest of our organization. Whether this is being on-call, staying late, or coming in when asked. It's not uncommon for many developers and Ops staff to work 60, 70, or more hours to get things built/deployed/supported for […]
2022-11-04
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2022-10-31
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2022-10-28
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2022-10-14
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The Value of Seniority
Some people might seem like they are from the future, but their experience is just shining through.
2022-10-05
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Paying It Forward on the Internet
Helping others has been good for Steve's career and he encourages you to do it as well.
2022-09-16
72 reads
Blogs
Speaking at SQLSaturday MN 2022
By Will Assaf
Thanks all for joining me for two sessions at SQLSaturday Minnesota 2023, and for...
Goal Progress for Nov 2022
By Steve Jones
I set goals at the beginning of the year, and I’m tracking my progress...
PGSQL PHRIDAY #3: What is the PostgreSQL Community To You?
Very excited to take part in my third #PGSQLPhriday blogging event, even more so...
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Selecting temp tables & CTEs using PowerBI
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