How Far are You Willing To Go To Get Something?
There are important things in life and in our career, how far are you willing to go to get them?
2017-10-30
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Editorials
Perspective
I find it extremely easy to sometimes lose sight of the important stuff. The day-to-day grind can seriously get in the way. I think this is a big part of how we find ourselves having so many silly intra-organizational turf wars. The developers don’t like how the DBAs do things. The DBAs are frustrated with […]
2017-10-30
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Physical or Virtual Storage
This week Steve Jones talked about physical hardware, asking who might still pay attention.
2017-10-27
191 reads
Unstructured Data
Unstructured data can be misleading. Steve Jones has a few thoughts today on how he sees this term.
2017-10-26
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2017-10-25
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2017-10-23
58 reads
Tell the Judge You Have No Backup
The NYPD is claiming there isn't a backup for one of their databases.
2017-10-23
117 reads
The Remote Balance
Telecommuting and remote work are growing in many fields, but especially technology. However the practice needs to be balanced with the notion that you still have a life outside of work.
2017-10-20 (first published: 2014-02-20)
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Top Talent Leaves
Why do employees leave their companies? There are a variety of reasons, but when your most talented people leave, that's a concern. Steve Jones comments on what we might do about this.
2017-10-19 (first published: 2014-02-10)
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Don’t Underestimate the Importance of Good Co-workers
It is important to have people that do good work and are good to work with.
2017-10-17
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Blogs
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Question of the Day
The Ending Substring
In Azure SQL Database and SQL Server 2025, if I run this, what is returned?
SELECT '[' + SUBSTRING('Steve Jones', 7) + ']' See possible answers