This experience of working from home (WFH) has shown me that I really do want to have tools like SSMS on a machine at work. When I first started WFH...

I hear you, Steve. There's no one-size-fits-all type of AI. Your analogy of cooking and baking is excellent. I'm a terrible cook, so if I were left on my own...

They are using Azure, and we were just beginning to look into Azure. I had a chance to talk with them, learn what they had learned and so...

Excellent questions, Steve. Last year I went to Microsoft Ignite. I was thrilled to go and I believe I was the first developer the large state department I work for,...

I'm ambivalent about mentoring. When I was starting my career I read that getting a mentor was a good idea, so I tried doing that, by going to...

At my current employer I saw the dawn of DevOps coming. Some managers were interested, all the way from the C-suite on down. We were starting to really get into...

Thom, I really appreciate your sharing this. I've never heard of QUOTENAME until now! Very handy to add to my toolbox.

I'm ambivalent about mentoring. When I was starting my career I read that getting a mentor was a good idea, so I tried doing that, by going to different people...

Extremely good advise, Steve. I'll add just one thing and that's if you find you need to look for another job, it might mean relocating, if the opportunities aren't available...

Man, Steve, you got me. HAHAHA! I loved it.

I'm with your ex; I hope that when this crisis is over, that I'll be able to work from home, at least part of the time.

I'm with you, Steve. I consider a virtual event a mixed bag. Certainly a virtual event is better than nothing. I've attended several over the years because it was impossible...

I don't know what the cost is, but it must be significant. I work for my state's health department, so downtime means things like the testing of biological samples isn't...

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I completely agree with you, Steve. At my previous job we used Visual SourceSafe (VSS). We struggled to try and use TFS, but never got it right, so we used...

Starting today all state departments have had to let people work from home. This has resulted in several challenges, many I won't go into.

For me, in a way, it isn't...