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
95 reads
Career Growth
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
115 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
974 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
109 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
155 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
198 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
455 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
111 reads
The IT Jobs AI Can't Do
This was a provocative title: 6 ITOps Skills That Will Never Be Automated. In a time when AI use is growing quickly and many people fear for their jobs, it's nice to see someone writing about areas that AI will struggle to handle. Ironically, lots of these articles are written by writers without much technical […]
2023-08-30
224 reads
Taking Advantage of Conferences
Conferences have been a part of Steve's career for a long time. He talks about how he'd taken advantage of the opportunities he's had.
2023-08-18
72 reads
Blogs
AI: Blog a Day – Day 5: Notebooks, Hugging face models and Fine Tuning
By Vinay Thakur
Continuing from Day 4 where we learned Encoder, Decoder, and Attention Mechanism, today we...
AI: Blog a Day – Day 4: Transformers – Encoder, Decoder, and Attention
By Vinay Thakur
Continuing from Day 3 where we covered LLM models open/closed and their parameters, Today...
Flyway Tips: Multiple Projects
By Steve Jones
One of the nice things about Flyway Desktop is that it helps you manage...
Forums
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String Similarity II
What is the range for the result from the EDIT_DISTANCE_SIMILARITY() function in SQL Server 2025?
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