Reporting on Data
Reporting is an important skill for many data professionals. Steve Jones has a few things you might consider working on as a data professional.
2013-07-09
268 reads
Editorials
Your Frame of Reference
How you examine and approach a problem might have a large impact on how you solve it. Steve Jones notes that it's important that all of us look at the problem from the point of view of the customer, as well as our own view.
2013-07-08
88 reads
A Better Conference
Is there a better way to put together a conference or event? Today Steve Jones speculates on how events are run and how we might change things.
2013-07-05
115 reads
2013-07-04
54 reads
Who's Got Your Data?
The state of data security might get worse in the future as more companies gather and share more data.
2013-07-03
146 reads
The Intrusion of Life
Life intrudes on work at times, and we must learn to balance the limited time we have. However we also need to remember that we work to live, not live to work.
2013-07-02
283 reads
Achieve Better Performance
This week Steve Jones talks performance and a few things you might want to do that can help your career and employer.
2013-07-01
336 reads
Give
The world is bigger than you, and when you help others, you realize that. Making that change might also make you happier, and more successful, in your career.
2013-07-01
109 reads
2013-06-28
190 reads
Better Technical Interviews
Technical interviews don't work great, but are they dead? Is there a better way? Steve Jones comments today.
2013-06-27
356 reads
Blogs
Monday Monitor Tips: Virtual Machine Usage and Cost
By Steve Jones
One of the things I’ve been requesting for a number of years is cost...
Advice I Like: Respect
By Steve Jones
“Don’t aim to have others like you; aim to have them respect you.” –...
Blue Sky Programming – The Optimism Trap
Many years ago, before I joined Oracle, I was working on a major modernisation...
Forums
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