2019-10-03
245 reads
Career Growth
Searching for Answers Inside
Learning how an organization, or even just a codebase, works can be a challenge for new employees.
2019-10-02
158 reads
Celebrate Success
Today Grant reminds us to not only think about the things we can do better, but remember the good things that we accomplish.
2019-09-28
248 reads
Working in Smaller Teams
Steve likes working in smaller teams and has some thoughts on why this is important to him.
2019-09-23
218 reads
Soft Skills: Controlling your career
Technical skills come and go while soft skills will serve you throughout your life. They will have the greatest influence over your career, job and role. For some people soft skills come naturally. As an Aspergers person (Aspie) I have to practice my soft skills at every opportunity. Pure techies need not lose hope. Soft […]
2021-04-23 (first published: 2019-09-19)
6,666 reads
What You Should Know About Coding
Today Steve thinks about the skills and approach we ought to be taught before we start building software as a career.
2019-09-17
391 reads
The Crazy Times of Year
Do you have busy times of the year that recur regularly? In some positions I've held, we had certain events or processes that always caused additional stress and headaches for employees. As a bartender, certain holidays (New Years, Halloween) were extra crazy. In one company, every quarter was an adventure involving a late, or a […]
2019-09-16
194 reads
Staying Focused
Finding the zone, working in the flow, these are the most efficient times for us, but they can be hard to find.
2019-09-13
285 reads
Growing and Changing
It can be hard to let go of old knowledge and try something new, but we need to find a balance.
2019-08-26
189 reads
2026-07-20 (first published: 2019-08-20)
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Blogs
T-SQL Tuesday #203: Risk and Reward
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This is timely, as I’m currently on a boat in the Adriatic taking a...
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How to Clear the SSMS Cache (SSMS 21 and Later)
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Risk Vs Reward, The never ending ROI discussion.
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Hyperscale Replicas IV
In Azure SQL Database Hyperscale Edition, how many geo-replicas can be created?
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