Is GenAI Coming Faster Than You Think?
GenAI technologies have created a lot of concern among many tech workers. Steve has a few thoughts on how these technologies might impact data professionals.
2025-03-31
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Career Growth
AI Tools for Job Seekers – Salary
In our conversations with job seekers, a consistent theme has been HOW do you use AI tools. This can be used to get new ideas, improve and optimize resumes, understand trends/market data, determine new connections and networking avenues, save time, alleviate headaches and roadblocks, and be more efficient and effective overall. Well, say goodbye to the days where you need to start a cover letter or resume from scratch or feel isolated, alone, and anxious during the resume writing, interview prep, salary negotiation, and other parts of the job search process, as we all now have an incredibly powerful job searching tool and career coach at our disposal to help with any writer’s block and almost every challenge you may run into!
2025-03-19
The Job Outlook for Database Professionals
The job outlook for database professionals is good, but it's not that easy to get a great job. Steve has some advice for you today.
2025-03-05
202 reads
No End to Programmers
The idea of chat-oriented programming has led some people to think that AI LLMs will reduce the need for programmers. Steve disagrees.
2025-02-08
122 reads
Can You Become a More Productive Engineer?
Steve has a few thoughts on becoming more effective. This involves more than just becoming a better coder.
2025-01-24
145 reads
Adding the Right Value
Are you doing the things at work that your boss cares about or the things you care about? Steve has a few thoughts on this.
2025-01-08
163 reads
2025-01-03
192 reads
2024-12-16
145 reads
Hiring and Motivating Technical Polyglots in Data Analytics
In this article, I will discuss hiring and motivating technical polyglots. A polyglot is a person who speaks multiple languages
2024-12-13
2024-12-11
155 reads
Blogs
The Book of Redgate–Being Reasonable
By Steve Jones
As a part of the Book of Redgate, we have a series of (red,...
Azure Data Factory Pipeline Debugging Fails with BadRequest
I recently had a new pipeline fail. It was actually a copy of an...
Unlocking Real-Time Financial Insights: The Power of Microsoft Fabric
By Chris Yates
Microsoft Fabric is transforming real-time analytics for financial institutions. It provides a unified data...
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Rolling Back CUs
Can I rollback a cumulative update and remove it from my SQL Server instance?
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