Can You Ask for a Raise?
Steve talks a bit about the choice to ask for a raise in the current climate.
2025-06-14
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Career Growth
Helping Students with a Data Professional Career
Steve has advice for students looking to become data professionals.
2025-06-02
137 reads
Rising Pay for Certifications
People with certifications are seeing their pay rise faster than others. Steve has a few thoughts on this today.
2025-05-05
137 reads
2025-04-30
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2025-04-21
225 reads
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
124 reads
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
218 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
124 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
150 reads
Blogs
Sabbatical le Troisième: A Recharge Week
By Steve Jones
It’s been a week since I flew home from London and Redgate to begin...
SQL Server Careers: Still a Goldmine, or a Dead End?
When you're searching about the future of a career in MS SQL Server, you're...
AI Destroying Creativity or Creative Industry
By Rohit Garg
In 2025, artificial intelligence is no longer a futuristic concept—it’s a central force in...
Forums
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Independence Day
The film independence day was released in 1996. Which of these queries returns that year is run today?
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