The In-House Expert
Are specialists worth keeping inside of a company? Or does it pay to hire generalists and then get consultants as needed? Steve Jones comments on the choices you might face as your career grows.
2008-01-23
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Editorials
2008-01-22
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A Pay Raise
There's a shortage of IT workers, which should lead to a pay raise for some people. Steve Jones takes a look at some recent news about IT salaries.
2008-01-21
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SUN DB
The purchase of MySQL by Sun is an interesting move by Sun, which has pondered it's own database product.
2008-01-21
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Testing
We get tested in a variety of ways before we take a job, but what should be open for examination besides our technical skills? Answer this week's poll with your opinion.
2008-01-18
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Free and Cool
Two big events this week captured Steve Jones' attention. A little MySQL and Apple commentary to break up the week.
2008-01-17
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Clearing the Bar
How do you decide who gets hired? Do you get the best candidate? Steve Jones says that most of us don't necessarily hire the best person that applies for a variety of reasons.
2008-01-15
124 reads
Digital Storage
Digital technologies have made the transfer of information easier than ever, but what about it's long term storage? That doesn't seem to be as easy as we might think.
2008-01-14
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The Weekly Editorial
Our weekly commentary on SQL Server news and notes from the week ending 1/12/08.
2008-01-14
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A Little Variety
Do we really need to corner the market for our particular business? Steve Jones talks about the need to grow your business at the expense of others.
2008-01-10
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Blogs
Upgrading SQL Server Containers on the Laptop
By Steve Jones
I don’t have SQL Server installed on my laptop. In an effort to keep...
How to Find Expensive Queries in Amazon Redshift
Slow-running queries can degrade your Redshift cluster’s performance and lead to increased costs. Identifying...
The Notification Trap: How Input Fatigue Is Killing Deep Work in Tech
By gbargsley
If you’ve been here before, you know this blog is usually about SQL Server,...
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How Long is a Long I/O?
In SQL Server 2025, a long I/O is recorded in the error log with message 833. How long much an I/O request be outstanding before this message is written to the log?
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