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Jack Corbett SSC Guru Points: 184394 More actions · Answer 1

BL0B_EATER (1/29/2016)
Have you guys during your careers ever thought about doing something else in life.. as opposed to IT / SQL Server / Coding etc etc?

I started out with a degree in physical education because I wanted to work in sports, then I worked in social services and then I got into IT just before I turned 30. I'd still love to do something in sports, but can't make that work financially. If I had the opportunity for a sabbatical like Steve did a few years ago, I'd most likely do something sports related like coaching clinics or broadcasting classes.

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rodjkidd SSCoach Points: 15923 More actions · Answer 2

Regards to switching careers...

Its odd as I have pretty much known what I was going do from quite early on. Uni degree was in the right field, a apart from a part time job in a record store (well CD's really) its all be IT departments in companies.

But yes every now again I want to throw the towel in... "Its just not the same anymore you know" :w00t:

Cake shop / café. Just don't have the money 🙂

Record shop - only there is no money in that...

I think I'm here for life then!

Rodders...

Ray K SSC-Dedicated Points: 31172 More actions · Answer 3

BL0B_EATER (1/29/2016)
Have you guys during your careers ever thought about doing something else in life.. as opposed to IT / SQL Server / Coding etc etc?

I've said more than once -- and to more than one person -- that I could see myself teaching somewhere, preferably at the secondary level; in fact, I did use to teach IT and mathematics at a small for-profit community college part-time, and have even done some tutoring on the side. It's also, partially, the reason why I've been trying to do SQL Saturday presentations as of late!

I've also told my wife that I likely missed out on my true calling -- that I should've been a music major and become a band director or music teacher somewhere!

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Ed Wagner SSC Guru Points: 287026 More actions · Answer 4

Luis Cazares (1/29/2016)
Koen Verbeeck (1/29/2016)
Grant Fritchey (1/29/2016)
BL0B_EATER (1/29/2016)
Have you guys during your careers ever thought about doing something else in life.. as opposed to IT / SQL Server / Coding etc etc?
Yeah, I'd love to teach history. The lack of a degree in that topic and a teachers certificate might be an issue though.
+ you might scare the kids 😉
Isn't that the whole point of history teachers?

I've seen Grant teach at a SQL Saturday before and I didn't find him scary. I don't know if that says more about him or me. 😉

And if you aren't scared at all by history class when you look at the world today, you aren't paying attention to one of them.

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Alan Burstein SSC Guru Points: 61152 More actions · Answer 5

BL0B_EATER (1/29/2016)
Have you guys during your careers ever thought about doing something else in life.. as opposed to IT / SQL Server / Coding etc etc?

During some tough projects I have 😛

I was planning on being an artist for a living all through high school. I still wonder what life would be like if I went that route.

"I cant stress enough the importance of switching from a sequential files mindset to set-based thinking. After you make the switch, you can spend your time tuning and optimizing your queries instead of maintaining lengthy, poor-performing code."

-- Itzik Ben-Gan 2001

Jeff Moden SSC Guru Points: 1004641 More actions · Answer 6

BL0B_EATER (1/29/2016)
Have you guys during your careers ever thought about doing something else in life.. as opposed to IT / SQL Server / Coding etc etc?

Yes. I'd considered the honorable job of picking fly specs from pepper because it would sometimes be easier than what I currently do. 😛

--Jeff Moden

RBAR is pronounced "ree-bar" and is a "Modenism" for Row-By-Agonizing-Row.
First step towards the paradigm shift of writing Set Based code:
________Stop thinking about what you want to do to a ROW... think, instead, of what you want to do to a COLUMN.

Change is inevitable... Change for the better is not.

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Jacob Wilkins One Orange Chip Points: 27976 More actions · Answer 7

I've been through a few considerings. Went to undergrad planning on law school. Then I changed my mind and went to grad school studying formal logic, hoping to be a professor. Then I realized I had a lot of student debt and needed to make some money, so jumped into IT and found myself becoming a SQL Server DBA.

I occasionally now and then fantasize about being a professional chess player (what a fantasy, right?), but I'm not nearly good enough for that; I might as well fantasize about being the starting point guard for the Warriors :hehe:

SQL Server DBA it is for me, then. 🙂

Ed Wagner SSC Guru Points: 287026 More actions · Answer 8

Jeff Moden (1/29/2016)
BL0B_EATER (1/29/2016)
Have you guys during your careers ever thought about doing something else in life.. as opposed to IT / SQL Server / Coding etc etc?
Yes. I'd considered the honorable job of picking fly specs from pepper because it would sometimes be easier than what I currently do. 😛

Yeah, but we both know it would be far more boring and nowhere nearly as much fun. 😉

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WayneS SSC Guru Points: 95461 More actions · Answer 9

Ed Wagner (1/28/2016)
SQLRNNR (1/28/2016)
BrainDonor (1/28/2016)
I've just discovered Redgate's 'Tab History' button.
Where was that at my last place of work? That little gem could have saved me hours of agony.
Hunting through tabs, closing tabs that I wished I hadn't, trying to remember code I had opened from a day or more back. It's wonderful.
I hope that whoever wrote that tool is feeling suitably smug.
Anyway, back to what I was doing....
I would have to say that is one the best add-ons out there. It has saved me many times due to SSMS instability.
I would rate tab history as THE #1 must have add-on from RedGate. That said, SQL Prompt rocks too.
Thanks to the both of you for the recommendation. I'm not motivated to check it out.
I've checked out several different SSMS add-ins before and have been completely unimpressed. I've never tried any of the paid ones because the ones I've tried were lame. I genuinely hope this one changes my mind.

Ed,

You can download a trial of SQL-Prompt to try it out for 30 days. I do believe that after living with it that long, you'll want to buy it.

BTW, did you mean "not", or "now"?

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Jeff Moden SSC Guru Points: 1004641 More actions · Answer 10

Koen Verbeeck (1/29/2016)
Apparently got over 15,000 points today. Yay. :w00t:

Congrats, Koen!

--Jeff Moden

RBAR is pronounced "ree-bar" and is a "Modenism" for Row-By-Agonizing-Row.
First step towards the paradigm shift of writing Set Based code:
________Stop thinking about what you want to do to a ROW... think, instead, of what you want to do to a COLUMN.

Change is inevitable... Change for the better is not.

Helpful Links:
How to post code problems
How to Post Performance Problems
Create a Tally Function (fnTally)

Jeff Moden SSC Guru Points: 1004641 More actions · Answer 11

Ed Wagner (1/29/2016)
Jeff Moden (1/29/2016)
BL0B_EATER (1/29/2016)
Have you guys during your careers ever thought about doing something else in life.. as opposed to IT / SQL Server / Coding etc etc?
Yes. I'd considered the honorable job of picking fly specs from pepper because it would sometimes be easier than what I currently do. 😛
Yeah, but we both know it would be far more boring and nowhere nearly as much fun. 😉

"It Depends" on whether or not the fly specs are moving or not. Trying to pick moth crystals from salt is much more boring. 😀

--Jeff Moden

RBAR is pronounced "ree-bar" and is a "Modenism" for Row-By-Agonizing-Row.
First step towards the paradigm shift of writing Set Based code:
________Stop thinking about what you want to do to a ROW... think, instead, of what you want to do to a COLUMN.

Change is inevitable... Change for the better is not.

Helpful Links:
How to post code problems
How to Post Performance Problems
Create a Tally Function (fnTally)

Jeff Moden SSC Guru Points: 1004641 More actions · Answer 12

Jacob Wilkins (1/29/2016)
I've been through a few considerings. Went to undergrad planning on law school. Then I changed my mind and went to grad school studying formal logic, hoping to be a professor. Then I realized I had a lot of student debt and needed to make some money, so jumped into IT and found myself becoming a SQL Server DBA.
I occasionally now and then fantasize about being a professional chess player (what a fantasy, right?), but I'm not nearly good enough for that; I might as well fantasize about being the starting point guard for the Warriors :hehe:
SQL Server DBA it is for me, then. 🙂

Oddly enough, all 3 jobs require the "right moves". 😉

--Jeff Moden

RBAR is pronounced "ree-bar" and is a "Modenism" for Row-By-Agonizing-Row.
First step towards the paradigm shift of writing Set Based code:
________Stop thinking about what you want to do to a ROW... think, instead, of what you want to do to a COLUMN.

Change is inevitable... Change for the better is not.

Helpful Links:
How to post code problems
How to Post Performance Problems
Create a Tally Function (fnTally)

Ed Wagner SSC Guru Points: 287026 More actions · Answer 13

WayneS (1/29/2016)
Ed Wagner (1/28/2016)
SQLRNNR (1/28/2016)
BrainDonor (1/28/2016)
I've just discovered Redgate's 'Tab History' button.
Where was that at my last place of work? That little gem could have saved me hours of agony.
Hunting through tabs, closing tabs that I wished I hadn't, trying to remember code I had opened from a day or more back. It's wonderful.
I hope that whoever wrote that tool is feeling suitably smug.
Anyway, back to what I was doing....
I would have to say that is one the best add-ons out there. It has saved me many times due to SSMS instability.
I would rate tab history as THE #1 must have add-on from RedGate. That said, SQL Prompt rocks too.
Thanks to the both of you for the recommendation. I'm not motivated to check it out.
I've checked out several different SSMS add-ins before and have been completely unimpressed. I've never tried any of the paid ones because the ones I've tried were lame. I genuinely hope this one changes my mind.
Ed,
You can download a trial of SQL-Prompt to try it out for 30 days. I do believe that after living with it that long, you'll want to buy it.
BTW, did you mean "not", or "now"?

Oops. I meant "I'm now motivated..."

Thanks, Wayne. I'll check it out. Is it really that much better than SSMS intellsense? I'm asking because I don't know; not trying to start a riot.

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Ed Wagner SSC Guru Points: 287026 More actions · Answer 14

I noticed the recent changes to the forum. The Edit button no longer appears for the posts I didn't make. Good update.

Unfortunately, I did see that the quote bug still exists. It's okay because we know to watch for it.

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Gail Shaw SSC Guru Points: 1004514 More actions · Answer 15

Ed Wagner (1/29/2016)
Is it really that much better than SSMS intellsense? I'm asking because I don't know; not trying to start a riot.

Oh, hell, yes. SSMS intellisense wastes more time than it saves due to its habits of autocorrecting strange things. SQLPrompt can be configured to activate when you want, not automatically, has some actual intelligence and saves me huge amounts of time.

That's before we get to the auto-format script, auto-insert ;, auto-qualify columns, find invalid objects in the entire database, find unused parameters/variables in the current script, etc

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