Very much with you on the lack of focus thing.

I'm finding that this is also an issue for me with online meetings.  Unless I am presenting I prefer to take...

If you look at the agile manifesto it lists the principles in terms of x over y.  For example people and processes over tools and technologies. It is explicit in...

I'm reminded that DevOps is a culture and culture is the hardest thing to change.

One of the things I've discovered is that I have more power over my own destiny...

There is something that is a nagging thought at the back of my mind.

To achieve a fast cadence of delivery requires a number of disciplines.  Breaking down requirements in a...

This right on so many levels.  Being the go to person is a recognition of worth.  It can be harmful to you as well.

You become known for your past and...

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Don't get too comfortable Jeff.  SQL Server on Linux was also a Steve Jones classic April Fool

The more privacy is abused the more draconian the resulting regulation surrounding data use.

To give an analogy using a DBA code review process.  Some people are given a light weight...

As a deaf person I struggle with virtual events as there are less cues as to what is going on.  Much of my brain power is taken up interpreting the...

Don't know what it is today but when I first joined the company a total outage was around £30K/minute

I find a certification syllabus or learning path extremely useful in prioritising what I try and learn.

I went through an exercise at my previous place of employment where we restructured...

No Jeff, we do it that way to ensure enforced  consistencyfor all data engineers, abstracting the docker process, making sure that any engineer can run the test/build on their laptop.

We have template Python projects so that the start of any Python development has a big head start

• Virtual environment build (venv)
• Test framework install with sample test
• Library install

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I've requested that BCP be capable of exporting in Parquet format.  I think a widely used compressed format would be of great benefit and sidestep all those irritating CSV type...

I can tell you that if you migrate to a DB platform with no stored procs or equivalent your world becomes one of pain.

Instead of nicely orchestrated work in the...

I was a developer long before I became a DBA.  I went on the two original SQL 6.5 courses.  I realised that the ability to write stored procedures made my...