In my previous job I worked for a university. The benefits there were great. Lots of vacation and sick leave. Training was encouraged (as you'd expect from a university). However,...

I haven't used Access as a front end for SQL for a long time but I remember that it used to get slower over time. I had to make...

I wasn't aware of SQL Waits. Thank you, Chris, I'll pass this along as well.

Phil, here you go:  https://blog.sqlauthority.com/2017/03/24/sql-server-jump-identity-column-restart/

Thank you very much. I knew about the Identity jump 'feature', but hadn't read deeply enough into the topic to know about the associated caching.

To the...

Phil, here you go:  https://blog.sqlauthority.com/2017/03/24/sql-server-jump-identity-column-restart/

I ran...

I subscribe to various sources, SQL Server Central being one of them, for daily emails describing the technology involved, new items, etc. I save those articles for later reading. (Yes,...

I have to tell you that if you work with the right recruiter, you don't have to worry about AI HR bots, HR people, or whatever.  A lot of...

Good article, Steve. At first I thought it would be much the same as I see everywhere, at this time of the year. However, you brought up two...

Good article, Steve. At first I thought it would be much the same as I see everywhere, at this time of the year. However, you brought up two important things....

For me the answers to those questions is complicated. I use both Visual Studio and Visual Studio Code (Code). I favor Visual Studio, perhaps because I've used it for so...

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Yep, cultural gravity is stronger than data/technical gravity.

I'm not happy with how I've handled my career, when I was able to, and how my career has gone. When I first started I heard young developers should find...

I really like the idea that you're presented of Operations being more like a product team. Of course, there's differences. Developers (which I'm one) have a time limitation based upon...

WOW, HSA for training. What a great idea! I totally love it!!

This year I was honored to attend Microsoft Ignite 2019. It is my understanding that I am the first...

Thank you George, on your insights vis-a-vis BAs and PMs in an Agile environment.