The Stagnant Career
A stagnant career can be stifling, and it can make you unhappy at work, where you spend a lot of time. Steve has a few thoughts on how to avoid that.
2023-12-06
41 reads
Career Growth
The Balanced Technical Manager
If you are considering moving into management as a career goal, read today's editorial from Steve, with some advice based on an interesting article from someone with experience at Facebook and Stripe.
2023-12-01
45 reads
No Degree Needed
Steve doesn't think you need a degree to work in technology and more companies agree with this all the time.
2023-11-11
73 reads
Degree Apprenticeships
Training more people on the job, while still allowing them to continue their education is something Steve thinks would help more people get started in technology.
2023-10-30
69 reads
Be Valuable, Not Critical
One piece of advice for engineers is to be valuable, but not critical. It's a mistake Steve made early in his career, but he hopes you can do better.
2023-10-27
747 reads
Running a Service
The way we view our jobs might change how we do them. Steve has some advice on how to think about the work you do.
2023-09-27
79 reads
Are You Worried About AI?
Many people are worried for their future career prospects with the growth of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in many situations. Steve doesn't think that AI is going to take over the world, but it might affect your future opportunities.
2023-09-25
98 reads
Advice To Be a Better Person
Steve notes some advice from someone that he found useful and helpful to become a better person in life.
2023-09-15
119 reads
The Team You Want
Steve asks about your team at work today. What you like, what you need, even what you want to see in those with whom you work.
2023-09-08
421 reads
Looking Forward to the PASS Data Community Summit 2023
Steve takes a moment to think ahead to the PASS Data Community Summit 2023 and what he's looking forward to at the event.
2023-09-01
66 reads
Blogs
TryHackMe Advent of Cyber
By Steve Jones
I posted that I was thinking about the AdventOfCode this year, but wasn’t sure...
You should be running on SQL Server 2022
It’s me again with my apparently semi-annual blog post. This time we’re going to...
Removing a PowerShell Array Element–#SQLNewBlogger
By Steve Jones
I saw an article on this and realized I had no idea how to...
Forums
Asking for your feedback on a PHP code security scanner in beta
Hey! Kev is here to invite you to an exciting experience. Our team, full...
WHY Follow a LEFT OUTER JOIN with another LEFT OUTER JOIN
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Replication Monitoring with Always On Availability Group
Hey Folks, So I have SQL Transactional Replication set up on a database that's...
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