Recently, as I was doing some work for the upcoming PASS Summit, a question popped in my head: “Why am I doing this?” It reminded me of the time when I was young (and idealistic). I went to the leader of a non-profit group asked about making it my permanent vocation. The leader looked at […]
2018-07-30
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There are always generic items that we encounter in life, things where it doesn't seem to matter to each of us what brand/price/model we pick. This Friday Steve Jones asks what you might consider to be generic in your job.
2018-07-27 (first published: 2010-02-05)
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Steve Jones notes that the Moneyball phenomenon has come to managers and perhaps a little training and data can help find us better managers.
2018-07-26 (first published: 2014-12-10)
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2018-07-25 (first published: 2014-12-18)
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One way to make deployments smoother is to use a second system, but that's a challenge for databases, as Steve Jones notes.
2018-07-24 (first published: 2014-12-03)
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Steve discusses the ways that you can ensure your IT career continues to move forward.
2018-07-23
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Normalization is important for relational databases, but sometimes too much of a good thing can be bad.
2018-07-23
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About to embark on a vacation, Steve talks about the difficulty in letting go.
2018-07-20
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2018-07-19
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2018-07-18
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