No, life is not better for me. I've been forced back to the office with no justification. The pandemic showed that we could accomplish a lot more through MS Teams...

OK, you've got me, Steve.

I hear ya, Jeff, but where I work, they take the "If it ain't broke, don't fix it" mantra to the extreme. They will leave something alone until it is...

Thoughtful article, Steve. We're making lots of moves to the cloud. Not all at once, but in pieces. Currently moving test SQL databases to the cloud. I love...

Thoughtful article, Steve. We're making lots of moves to the cloud. Not all at once, but in pieces. Currently moving test SQL databases to the cloud. I love going to...

Hi David,

Thank you for your reply! I do have a newer (less than a year) desktop PC with 32 GB of RAM as a 2 TB SSD with another 2...

Steve, thank you for your reply as well as the analogy such as craftsmen using Harbor Freight, rather than Craftsman.

I hadn't thought about documenting/blogging my trip to try to upskill...

Hey Steve, this is an excellent article to help close out 2022. I often think about ways of improving my career, so this fits in nicely. I like your disciplined...

Ooh, kind of a stinging rebuke for me today, Steve. I think I've played it safe more often than challenged myself. Ouch.

I hope you're right, Steve. The pandemic showed that people can get their jobs done in any location, with appropriate connectivity. I've been working from home (WFH) since March 2020...

Rod, are you able to give some details as to what went wrong and why the switch to cloud was unsuccessful?  It would be useful to compare notes.

In AWS...

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Exceptionally good article, Steve. Where I work, we never successfully got a database into the cloud, that I'm aware of. Not due to a lack of trying. In 2018 or...

One place to keep important SQL-related information for me is SSC's Briefcase feature.  For a while after I became a member it wasn't working (at least for me using...

We do use message tools at work. It's been an assortment of tools as one manager would require, we use one for a while, then another a different one. Currently...

Thank you for this article, Steve. I suffer from impostor's syndrome. There are definite times I've felt inadequate. In fact, impostor's syndrome has prevented me from applying for more than...