On a car dashboard a rev counter is a dial with a red zone.  You don't need to be able to read any figures, just know where the needle points...

There are official GitHub certifications too.  https://github.blog/2024-01-08-github-certifications-are-generally-available/

If you work for a consultancy you may find you are expected to hold and keep a number of certifications.

You might find the following links useful.

• https://initialcommit.com/tools/git-sim
• https://www.atlassian.com/git/tutorials/learn-git-with-bitbucket-cloud
• https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/training/modules/introduction-to-github/

I've been using git for a long time and have only ever needed to use a handful of commands.  Beyond the...

I find that there is the feeling of having to start from scratch when joining a new team.  It's uncomfortable but a spur to up your game until you bed...

Don't.  Had a driving day for my 40th birthday.

• Lamborghini.  My fantasy cracked and died.
• Ferrari.  Knackered Fiat until it...

Whether you are a Brent or a Jeff there are some pitfalls to watch out for to avoid burning yourself out.

Do others see you as a leg up or a...

Never assign to malice that which can be assigned to incompetence.  But in the case of the Post Office it is hard to brush it off as mere incompetence.

HMRC (tax office) has the guilty until proven innocent perversion too.  I didn't know a similar law was used for the Post Office.

Everything about this story stinks.  People were prosecuted...

Go for it, the only way is up!

If you research your subject, capture your method and your results then you have something that future you will thank you for, whether...

With very few exceptions I've stayed with my employers for at least 5 years.

• Merlin Gerin (electrical switchgear manufacturer)
• NEBS Business Stationery (business printing company)
• McCann-Erickson (advertising)
• Kudos-IDD (technical documentation...

Where a standard emerges it should represent that which the most people find readable.  Yes, something else may be better for you personally, but you are going for what is...

The linked article is long but well worth reading.  A lot of it dovetails with my experiences.

It's one thing to hire a great DBA, data engineer but you really need...

From what I have seen the people I would regard as being at the top of their profession have certain traits.

• Competence with confidence
• Natural teachers.  If feels like you...

Adventureworks is a publicly available DB designed to show off SQL Server.  As such it has sensible naming standards and PK/FKs.

Is there a capability that would work against DBs that...

Kris Kovacs has kept his original NOSQL comparison article up-to-date.  I refer back to it at intervals.

All DBs represent a compromise to achieve a set of functionality. ...