I think the DB world has followed a path rather similar to cars.  In the early days you needed to know how to maintain the car, service it and fix...

I had a friend who left full time employment to specialise in IT training as a contractor.  I've also got several friends who have done well in the contractor market. ...

I like the optimism of the Gig Economy article in the link.  In my experience organisations hire contractors to fill short term gaps in resources.  Unless they are hiring into...

I'm convinced that inappropriate boundaries are the cause of life's woes.  It doesn't matter if it's geography, technology, age, gender, religion or something else entirely.  It is too easy to...

I think it may have been Phil Factor who said that a lot of the performance criticisms Devs make about SQL Server make no sense until you realise they are...

For a CEO to blame an individual in public is blatantly unprofessional and indicative of the malaise at Equifax.  Part of a manager's role is to build trust and respect. ...

I wouldn't describe the role of a data scientist as voided and neither would I say that the underlying role is vacuous.
I think we are violently agreeing over the...

I am not convinced there is any such thing as a "Data Scientist" but I'm a firm believer in a "Data Science Team".

The role of the Data Science...

It's hell on earth Inheriting someone else's code, or more likely a team of people's code where the word "team" is stretching it a bit.
I think the visibility aspect...

https://martinfowler.com/bliki/TradableQualityHypothesis.html

My experience is that people in IT abdicate their power and authority.  Many of the problems faced by IT are as a result of this.

Some of the things...

I think siloed thinking rather than over-specialization is the biggest threat.  As people climb the greasy pole the Dunning Kruger affect comes into play.  Expertise in one area...

Your system is only as good as the weakest part.

Security can be a blocker if applied blindly.  I'm finding that for the same reasons that tech debt is...