Holiday Fun for Your Career
The Advent of Code is live, and Steve finds it to be a fun way to take a break during your day.
2021-12-04
295 reads
Career Growth
2021-11-26
195 reads
Where is the Puck Going?
In which direction should you drive your career? Steve has a few thoughts today.
2021-11-19
335 reads
2021-11-05
135 reads
2021-10-25
325 reads
Growing and Keeping Up
Trying to keep up with technology is a losing game. Better to continue to grow and learn, balanced with the rest of your life.
2021-10-18
224 reads
What Do You Want to Know Before Negotiating Salary?
It's almost time for Brent Ozar's annual salary survey. Steve reminds you that you can influence the questions, but more importantly, take the survey and provide data for all of us.
2021-10-02
320 reads
Do You Have a Talent Gap?
Many organizations are struggling to hire staff these days. In addition, it seems that many technology groups feel they can't find staff with the right skills.
2021-10-01
287 reads
Thank a Mentor
There is almost always someone that helps us in our career with mentorship. Today Steve suggests you thank them.
2021-09-24
79 reads
Help Your Manager
Your manager doesn't always know what you're doing, and rarely knows what you've done. That's your job.
2021-09-15
207 reads
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Upgrading Admin Queries
I have a query from a former DBA that we run on SQL Server 2025 to check on database metadata. This query references sys.sysaltfiles. I want to refactor this code to be more modern. Which DMV should I reference instead?
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