Excellent article, Louis. I especially like the idea you're presented of the difficulty in finding good training on a skill. Too often, when I'm trying to learn a new skill...

Thank you, Brian. Useful information. I'm especially happy to learn that neither SAS nor R saves files as some binary file. I'm not familiar with SAS Visual Analytics nor I'm...

Thank you for this post, Steve. Improving my leadership skills is something I need to work more on.

Grant, I do have a question for you. In the past I've applied for jobs out of state. During the application process there was often a question that...

I forgot to mention earlier that I like YAML, because it's easier for me to understand than the convoluted PowerShell script the former TFS admin wrote for lots of our...

Grant, I agree with you 1000%. More! So many things I could say, but don't have the time to tell them all.

I'm a developer, so like Eric said, I don't...

Rod, you have my best wishes for your future.  I do hope that it will include well-earned time for relaxation and enjoyment.  For right now, try to at least...

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WOW, Kathi, your experiences are worse than mine. And I thought I had it pretty bad. In my previous job I worked at a place that allowed lots of time...

I'm surprised to see that Microsoft has stopped development of containers for SQL Server on Windows. I'm not clear if it's because it's too complicated of a task...

Rod, Microsoft has discontinued all Windows SQL Server containers, including Dev/express editions.   The reasons for discontinuation are several, and certainly subject to varied opinions, but seem to center on...

I'm surprised to see that Microsoft has stopped development of containers for SQL Server on Windows. I'm not clear if it's because it's too complicated of a task or they've...

Yeah, I know this only too well.

That's interesting what you said, Brian, about you company not typically rolling back a release even with a bug, unless the bug is really egregious. Because we release seldom, I've...

Working in government, a rollback plan is always required, in detail. Also, we don't ever make small deployments, unless the project itself is small. Deployments occur only after several months,...

Good article, Steve. I really appreciate your suggestion of putting monthly reminders into Outlook to check on your progress! I'm going to adopt that.

This year, for me, as been better...

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